Being Useful: Policy Relevance and International Relations Theory

In the post-cold war world those engaged in making foreign policy seem adrift searching for new ideas. Despite the growing production -- and in some cases the sophistication -- of scholarly literature on questions in international relations, policymakers seem to ignore much of this scholarly work in their search for new policy ideas. The contributors to this volume examine the promise and possibilities of making contemporary international relations theory more relevant to the conduct of for...