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The central aim of this chapter is to show that built into realist assumptions about world politics are a host of normative considerations, and while realists have had to contend with them, these considerations are not reflected in the tenets of realist theory.
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Dyer, H.C. (1997). Realist Assumptions. In: Moral Order/World Order. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376625_3
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