'… well-crafted book … the vast majority of publications this book draws on originates in the Western academy … he makes a serious effort in defining what exactly this term is about - conceptually and not in its often-normative usage. As most of Acharya's reasoning this is guided by a constructivist approach.' Ulf Engel, Connections
1. Introduction: rethinking agency and change in global order; 2. Theorizing normative change; 3. Provincializing Westphalia; 4. Transforming Westphalia; 5. Redefining security; 6. Regionalism and the making of global order; 7. Conclusion and extensions.