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9780415772174

A World of Polities: Essays on Global Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415772174

  • ISBN10:

    0415772176

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-05-14
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach have made a significant contribution to our contemporary understanding of global politics. This collection contains some of their classic essays and many unpublished articles which have been edited into a coherent and stimulating collection. Subjects covered include: Theory and method in global politics The role of values and the postmodern challenge The complex roles of actors in global politics 9/11 and its aftermath The changing nature of war US unilateralism, hegemony and empire. A World of Polities will be essential reading for all advanced students and scholars in international relations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Principal Puzzle
Making the Quest Less Elusive: Theory and Global Politics
Between Celebration and Despair; Constructive Suggestions for Future International Theory (1991)
Values and Paradigm Change (1988)
Reconstructing Theory in Global Politics: Beyond the Postmodern Challenge (2002)
Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Global Politics: Promise and Pitfalls (2007)
The Complex Universe of Actors in Global Politics
The Web of World Politics (1976)
Italy After Rome: Complexity at the Nexus of the Ancient and Modern Worlds (1996)
Islam: The Evolution of a Messianic Movement
The Past as Prelude to the Future? Identities and Loyalties in Global Politics (1996)
Toward a Postinternational World
Beyond International Relations to Global Politics: Overlapping Political Space, Shifting Boundaries, and Revised Authority Structures (2007)
War and Innocent Victims: The Paradox of Westphalia (2007) Superpower, Hegemony, Empire (2007)
Superpower, Hegemony, Empire (2007)
Postinternationalism and IR Theory (2007)
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