Sociological liberalism

Sociological liberalism is an international relations theory. It is critical of realist theory which it sees as too state-centric. Sociological liberals see international relations in terms of relationships between people, groups and organisations in different countries. Many sociological liberals believe that increased transnational relations could help create new forms of human society.[1]

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Scholars Robert J. Art Ken Booth (academic) Ian Bremmer Zbigniew Brzezinski Hedley Bull E. H. Carr Daniel Deudney Michael W. Doyle Francis Fukuyama Robert Gilpin David Held Samuel P. Huntington Robert Jervis Peter J. Katzenstein George F. Kennan Robert Keohane Henry Kissinger Richard Ned Lebow John Mearsheimer Hans Morgenthau Joseph Nye Kenneth W. Thompson Immanuel Wallerstein Stephen Walt Kenneth Waltz Alexander Wendt
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