Użyteczność analityczna kategorii systemu międzynarodowego
Analytic Utility of International System Category

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the issue of international system category in the discipline of international relations after the Cold War. The analysis provides the perspective of international system contextual redefi nition. The fi rst section develops theoretical framework for further work – containing various conceptions describing relationships between notions, factors and determinants in international relations’ analysis. The following section investigates the most signifi cant issues and scientifi c agenda concerning discipline of international relations after the Cold War. The third and fourth sections examine several approaches explaining the possible development of the category of international system. I argue that both material and ideational factors may be used in order to provide credible systemic framework for a complex theoretical expertise in the contemporary international relations. Issues of anarchy, agents and structures as well as the famous debate between constructivist and neorealist approaches to the international system are depicted in the last part of the article.

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