%0 Journal Article %T Structuralisme et n¨¦or¨¦alisme dans le champ des relations internationales. Le cas de Kenneth Waltz Structuralism and new realism in the field of international relations. The case of Kenneth Waltz %A Alexis Cartonnet %J Ast¨¦rion %D 2011 %I ?cole Normale Sup¨¦rieure de Lyon %X Cet article esquisse un rapprochement entre un courant de pens¨¦e politique, le n¨¦or¨¦alisme, et une m¨¦thode en sciences humaines, le structuralisme. Ce courant et cette m¨¦thode ont suivi des trajectoires s¨¦par¨¦es, de l¡¯apr¨¨s-guerre ¨¤ la fin des ann¨¦es soixante-dix, jusqu¡¯¨¤ ce que Kenneth Waltz croise ces deux probl¨¦matiques. Apr¨¨s avoir d¨¦fini respectivement r¨¦alisme et structuralisme, cet article ¨¦tablit leur connexion et tente d¡¯¨¦clairer les raisons pour lesquelles ce rapprochement n¡¯avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ conduit jusqu¡¯alors. This article is an attempt to link the study of a political thought movement, neorealism, with a social sciences methodology, structuralism. Both currents have followed different paths, throughout the period that lasted from after the Second World War to the end of the seventies, until Kenneth Waltz made them match in 1979. After defining both neorealism and structuralism, this paper tries to connect them, and thus understand the reasons why the parallelism wasn¡¯t made until then. %K Kenneth Waltz %K international relations %K neorealism %K state centrism %K anarchy %K balance of powers %K structuralism %K structure %K combinatorial analysis %K Kenneth Waltz %K relations internationales %K n¨¦or¨¦alisme %K statocentrisme %K anarchie %K ¨¦quilibre des puissances %K structuralisme %K structure %K syst¨¨me %K combinatoire %U http://asterion.revues.org/2162