International Institutions in World History: Divorcing International Relations Theory from the State and Stage Models

ISBN-13: 9780367884284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 176 str.

Laust Schouenborg

Opis

The discipline of IR has always suffered from a parochial occupation with the state and the Western system of states. This book presents a case for a basic reorientation of IR away from the state and towards the study of social institutions in the sense of patterned practices, ideas and norms/rules. The argument is that the state is an in

Spis treści

Chapter 1. - Introduction

Chapter 2. - The argument in the context of IR theory

Chapter 3. - The argument in the context of anthropology, archaeology and historical sociology

Chapter 4. – Principles of legitimacy and membership

Chapter 5. – Regulating conflicts

Chapter 6. – Trade

Chapter 7. – Governance

Chapter 8. – Conclusion

O autorze

Laust Schouenborg is Associate Professor of Global Studies in the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University, Denmark. His research interests include IR theory, security studies, and world history.