RCIR Speaker Book Series: 'A Theory of Agency in International Politics' by Adam B Lerner
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Dr Adam Lerner's new book challenges how we explain decisions in world politics — arguing that "agency" itself has been theorized all wrong, and the stakes couldn't be higher.
Agency TheoryStructural RealismConstructivismPrincipal-Agent Problem
Theory Briefing
- Dr Adam B Lerner presents a new theory of agency in international politics at King's College London's RCIR Speaker Book Series.
- The book interrogates who — or what — counts as a decision-making agent in global affairs, upending mainstream IR assumptions.
- Lerner's framework draws on agency theory to rethink how responsibility and causation are assigned in international outcomes.