A World of Polities : Essays on Global Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415772174 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 272 str.

Yale Ferguson; PH.D. Yale H. Ferguson

Opis

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 This collection contains some of their classic essays and many unpublished articles which have been edited into a coherent and stimulating collection.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.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction: The Principal Puzzle  Part 2: Making the Quest Less Elusive: Theory and Global Politics  1. Between Celebration and Despair; Constructive Suggestions for Future International Theory (1991)  2. Values and Paradigm Change (1988) 3. Reconstructing Theory in Global Politics: Beyond the Postmodern Challenge (2002)  4. Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Global Politics: Promise and Pitfalls (2007)  Part 3: The Complex Universe of Actors in Global Politics  5. The Web of World Politics (1976)  6. Italy After Rome: Complexity at the Nexus of the Ancient and Modern Worlds (1996)  7. Islam: The Evolution of a Messianic Movement  8. The Past as Prelude to the Future? Identities and Loyalties in Global Politics (1996)  Part 4: Toward a Postinternational World  9. Beyond International Relations to Global Politics: Overlapping Political Space, Shifting Boundaries, and Revised Authority Structures (2007)  10. War and Innocent Victims: The Paradox of Westphalia (2007)  11. Superpower, Hegemony, Empire (2007)  12. Postinternationalism and IR Theory (2007)