Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics

'Forcefully arguing for the reintegration of ethics and international relations theory, this volume challenges all scholars of international relations to consider how their ethical claims inform standard theoretical concerns and how theoretical positions advance implicit and explicit ethical claims. Importantly, the contributors to the volume scrutinize their own positions as well as others, and do so through careful empirical analysis. This volume provides an important statement regarding what international relations used to be and still can be.' Michael N. Barnett, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota 'Contributors to this outstanding collection of essays were asked to respond to the often-repeated criticism that constructivists travel light when it comes to ethical commitments. This charge may have been sustainable previously; it is certainly not now. Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics makes an extremely persuasive case for constructivism's contribution to normative theorising. The editor, in particular, is to be commended for rolling out a set of inter-related themes which give the book a unity and coherence seldom found in edited collections.' Tim Dunne, Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter