The interpretation of international politics deals with each of the main "traditional" subfields of international relations: international law, international regulation, international security and the international political economy. But how are interpretive methods and concerns used on these topics? In this slim size, Cecilia Lynch focuses on the philosophy of science and conceptual issues that make work in international relations clearly explanatory.

This work legitimizes the need for a post-status grant. The interpretative approaches to the study of international relations include not only the traditional areas of security, the international political economy, law and international organizations, but also emerging and new areas such as sex, race, religion, secularism and the continuing issues of globalization.

By developing, describing, and analyzing key interpretative work in each of these areas, the book guides critical research challenges posed by the progress made through interpretative work. In addition, the book also offers insight into the recently entered IR radar, including race and religion, showing how work in these areas can see all subfields of discipline and suggest avenues for future research..