La svolta sociologica nelle relazioni internazionali: tre approcci e tre filoni di ricerca

This paper aims to highlight some recent development in the field of International Relations. In the last twenty years there has been a change in the study of international politics, with a growing interest for theories and concepts from sociology. The first section analyzes the contribution of historical sociology to the study of international relations and, in particular, the research area of “domestic structure and foreign policy”. The second section presents the contribution of constructivism and the research area on “security cultures”. In the third section, sociological institutionalism and the research area of “learning and foreign policy” are illustrated. The final section discusses the linkage between these approaches.