The Liberal International Theory Tradition in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Liberal International Theory Tradition in Context

   • Knud Erik Jørgensen

   Pages 1-29

3. Liberal IR Theorizing During the Early Twentieth Century: 1900–1939

   • Lacin Idil Öztığ

   Pages 31-43

4. Liberalism and Domestic Politics Approaches in IR

   • Aukje van Loon

   Pages 45-58

5. Republicanism and Liberal International Theory

   • Kevin Blachford

   Pages 59-71

6. Liberal European Peace Theories and Their Critics

   • Lothar Brock, Hendrik Simon

   Pages 73-89

7. Liberal Security Theories

   • Kamil Zwolski

   Pages 91-104

8. When Liberalism Meets the English School

   • F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen

   Pages 105-117

9. Classical Liberalism and IR Theory

   • Edwin van de Haar

   Pages 119-132

10. Conclusion and Perspectives

    • Knud Erik Jørgensen

    Pages 133-138

11. Back Matter

    Pages 139-143

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This book examines how the liberal international theory tradition evolved in Europe. It includes nine chapters focusing on both historical and contemporary branches of liberal IR theorizing. The combined portrait of the prominent IR theory orientation shows a long and rich theoretical tradition but also a tradition that the scholarly community rarely fully recognize. It is currently somewhat challenged and therefore in need of further advances. Concerning the historical branches, the authors present a truly European tradition that thus was not only present in a few countries. The contributors introduce examples of liberal theorizing that IR scholars tend to dismiss and they trace the boundaries between the liberal and other theoretical traditions. Given the prominence of the tradition, the book is surprisingly among the first to present a transnational perspective on the development of the liberal international theory tradition in Europe. 

• Liberalism
• Liberal theory
• Liberal international theory
• International relations theory
• Political theory
• The liberal tradition
• IR Theory
• the liberal theoretical tradition
• Political thought
• Liberal IR
• Republican theory
• Security theory
• international security studies
• Integration theory
• Solidarism
• Classical liberalism
• social liberalism

“The book is formative and well-argued in addressing the liberal IR tradition in Europe; it presents a number of significant liberal political theorists and philosophers and relates them meaningfully to timely questions. Thus, it is recommended for academicians and postgraduate students in International Political Theory. To conclude, understanding international affairs necessities an extensive comprehension of liberalism and its tradition. The volume serves this purpose and functions as an effective, historically detailed reading on liberal traditions in Europe.” (Fadi Zatari, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (1), 2022)

• Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

  Knud Erik Jørgensen

Knud Erik Jørgensen is Professor of International Relations at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has held previous appointments as a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and with Yaşar University in Izmir, Turkey. 

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