• Part I: 1. Theory and practice in international relations; 2. Positivist-empiricism and international relations; 3. Emancipatory international relations: a first cut; Part II. 4. Evaluative political realism: a beginning; 5. State and state-systems in evaluative political realism; 6. Evaluative political realism and human nature; 7. Evaluative political realism and historical realism; 8. Evaluative political realism as moral realism; 9. Conclusion.

"...Spegele's ordering principles are useful, and persuasive, and his treatment of every perspective appropriately critical....this erudite and well-crafted study lives up to its advance billing as a coherent, viable, and attractive defense of realism." Robert M.A. Crawford, American Political Science Review

• Part I: 1. Theory and practice in international relations; 2. Positivist-empiricism and international relations; 3. Emancipatory international relations: a first cut; Part II. 4. Evaluative political realism: a beginning; 5. State and state-systems in evaluative political realism; 6. Evaluative political realism and human nature; 7. Evaluative political realism and historical realism; 8. Evaluative political realism as moral realism; 9. Conclusion.

"...Spegele's ordering principles are useful, and persuasive, and his treatment of every perspective appropriately critical....this erudite and well-crafted study lives up to its advance billing as a coherent, viable, and attractive defense of realism." Robert M.A. Crawford, American Political Science Review

• Part I: 1. Theory and practice in international relations; 2. Positivist-empiricism and international relations; 3. Emancipatory international relations: a first cut; Part II. 4. Evaluative political realism: a beginning; 5. State and state-systems in evaluative political realism; 6. Evaluative political realism and human nature; 7. Evaluative political realism and historical realism; 8. Evaluative political realism as moral realism; 9. Conclusion.

"...Spegele's ordering principles are useful, and persuasive, and his treatment of every perspective appropriately critical....this erudite and well-crafted study lives up to its advance billing as a coherent, viable, and attractive defense of realism." Robert M.A. Crawford, American Political Science Review