Description Theories of International relations (IR theory) aim to both explain and inform the practice of International politics.
Hvidsten is postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society..
About the Author Andreas H.
He shows how the relation between the analytical and the critical function of theory has profound implications for studying International politics, and makes the case for a Dialectical understanding of Theorizing as a way of reconciling the tension between analysis and critique inherent in IR theory.
Hvidsten investigates different ways of understanding this dual nature of theory through a re-reading of the canonical theoretical literature in IR.
In A Dialectical Approach to Theorizing International Relations, Andreas H.
Description Theories of International relations (IR theory) aim to both explain and inform the practice of International politics
