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Bill McSweeney argues for an integrated view of interpersonal, societal, and international levels of human behaviour and proposes a concept of security that captures the topic’s complexity and ambiguity. The work reframes international order, broadens security’s meaning, and calls for a more critical, interpretive approach to security theory and security policy, drawing on social theory to emphasize agency and moral choice.","This page intentionally left blank  \nSecurity, Identity and Interests  \nA Sociology of International Relations  \nBill McSweeney addresses the central problem of international relations ± security ± and constructs a novel framework for its analysis. He argues for the unity of the interpersonal, societal and international levels of human behaviour and outlines a concept of security which more adequately re¯ects the complexity and ambiguity of the topic. This book introduces a new way of theorizing the international order, within which the idea of security takes on a broader range of meaning, inviting a more critical and interpretative approach to understanding the concept and formulating security policy. The recent shift to sociology in international relations theory has not as yet realized its critical potential for the study of security. Drawing on contemporary trends in social theory, Dr McSweeney argues that human agency and moral choice are inherent features of the construction of the social and thus international order, and hence of our conception of security and security policy.  \nbill mc sweeney lectured in sociology at the University of York and currently heads the International Peace Studies Programme atthe Irish School of Ecumenics.  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: 69  \nSecurity, Identity and Interests  \nEditorial Board  \nSteve Smith (Managing editor)  \nThomas Biersteker Chris Brown Alex Danchev Rosemary Foot Joseph Grieco G. John Ikenberry Margot Light Andrew Linklater Michael Nicholson Caroline Thomas Roger Tooze  \nCambridge Studies in International Relations is a joint initiative of Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association (BISA) . The series includes a wide range of material, from undergraduate textbooks and surveys to research-based monographs and collaborative volumes. The aim of the series is to publish the best new scholarship in International Studies from Europe, North America and the rest of the world.  \n69 Bill McSweeney  \nSecurity, identity and interests  \nA sociology of international relations  \n68 Molly Cochran  \nNormative theory in international relations A pragmatic approach  \n67 Alexander Wendt  \nSocial theory of international politics  \n66 Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink (eds) The power of human rights  \nInternational norms and domestic change  \n65 Daniel W. Drezner The sanctions paradox  \nEconomic statecraft and international relations  \n64 Viva Ona Bartkus The dynamic of secession  \n63 John A. Vasquez The power of power politics  \nFrom classical realism to neotraditionalism  \n62 Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett (eds.) Security communities  \n61 Charles Jones  \nE. H. Carr and international relations A duty to lie  \n60 Jeffrey W. Knopf  \nDomestic society and international cooperation The impact of protest on US arms control policy  \n59 Nicholas Greenwood Onuf  \nThe republican legacy in international thought  \n58 Daniel S. Geller and J. David Singer Nations at war  \nA scienti®c study of international con¯ict  \n57 Randall D. Germain The international organization of credit States and global ®nance in the world economy  \n56 N. Piers Ludlow Dealing with Britain  \nThe Six and the ®rst UK application to the EEC  \nSeries list continues at the end of the book  \nSecurity, Identity and Interests A Sociology of International Relations  \nBill McSweeney  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀇􀀈􀀉 􀀃􀀋 􀀌􀀇􀀈 􀀁􀀍􀀈􀀆􀀆 􀀆􀀋􀀎􀀉􀀅􀀏􀀐􀀌􀀈 􀀑􀀒 􀀌􀀇􀀈 􀀂􀀎􀀅􀀓􀀈􀀍􀀆􀀅􀀌􀀋 􀀑􀀒 􀀏􀀐􀀔􀀃􀀍􀀅􀀉􀀕􀀈 The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom  \n􀀏􀀐􀀔􀀃􀀍􀀅􀀉􀀕􀀈 􀀂􀀎􀀅􀀓􀀈􀀍􀀆􀀅􀀌􀀋 􀀁􀀍􀀈􀀆􀀆  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK  \n40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA  \n477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain  \nDock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa [http://www.cambridge.org](http://www.cambridge.org)  \n© Bill McSweeney 2004  \nFirst published in printed format 1999  \nISBN 0-511-03357-5 eBook (Adobe Reader) ISBN 0-521-66177-3 hard","cbCaibBQgm4fAox1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibBQgm4fAox1","pdf",929190,3,1,257,"English","en",105,"# Security, identity and interests\n## International order 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