Talk:Neoliberalism in international relations

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[edit] Not a Realist Theory

Neoliberalism is NOT a "realist" theory. They do share a state-central view of IR, however neoliberalism does not intrinsically state that the system is anarchic, which is the major defining charachteristic of Realism. It is also true that they both have Constructivist strains, that is not a defining characteristic of either. --Scaife ^(Talk) Don't forget Hanlon's Razor 20:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect. While the question of whether or not Neoliberalism should be considered a variant of Neorealism is up for debate, Neoliberalism does undoubtedly accept both state-centrism and systemic anarchy. Keohane, as well as others, has made this clear in numerous texts (cf. After Hegemony, for one). Regardless, this article is in serious need of reworking; it's appalling. So appalling, in fact, that it prompted me to create a Wikipedia account just so I could write about how appalling it is. Philozine 02:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, several IR theorists consider Keohane's neoliberalism a variant of neorealism, for example Danilo Zolo. Indeed I believe that this in part motivated Moravcsik to develop his model of international relations as an authentically liberal theory. Ebethron (talk) 22:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Misuse of "Criticisms"

This article initially had a section entitled "Criticisms," but then went on to list not critiques of neoliberal theory, but rather its contentions, i.e. the points it makes when criticizing others. I thought this was pretty confusing, so I renamed the section "Contentions". Incidentally, the article remains a major mess. Nicolasdz 17:06, 16 October 2006 (UTC)