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9780230233294

New Systems Theories of World Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230233294

  • ISBN10:

    0230233295

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-02-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

New Systems Theories of World Politicsuses systems theoretical approaches to analyze the structure and dynamics of the international system. Drawing from different systems theoretical traditions, it argues that the system of world politics can be analyzed in a comprehensive fashion by continuing the pioneering work of theorists like Karl Deutsch.

Author Biography

MATHIAS ALBERT is Professor of Political Science, Bielefeld University, Germany.

LARS-ERIK CEDERMAN is Professor of International Conflict Research, ETH Zrich, Switzerland.

ALEXANDER WENDT is Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figuresp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. viii
Notes on the Contributorsp. ix
Conceptual Overview
Introduction: Systems Theorizing in IRp. 3
Systems Theory beyond Explaining and Understandingp. 23
'Modern' Systems Theory
Modern Systems Theory and World Politicsp. 43
Modern Systems Theory and/as Historical Discourse Analysisp. 69
Process-Theoretical Approaches
Relationalism and New Systems Theoryp. 99
Complexity and Change in World Politics: Resurrecting Systems Theoryp. 127
Understanding System Dynamics: Simple Models of Complexityp. 158
Analyses of Macrohistorical Processes
The English School as a New Systems Theory of World Politicsp. 195
Differentiation, Rationalization, and Actorhood in New Systems and World Culture Theoriesp. 220
War and the Global Spread of the Nation-Statep. 249
Final Reflections and Outlook
Flatland: Quantum Mind and the International Hologramp. 279
Indexp. 311
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