This ambitious book provides a new framework for analysing global international society (GIS). In doing so, it also links the English School's approach more closely to classical sociology, constructivism, liberal institutionalism, realism and postcolonialism. It retells the expansion of international society story to explain why the differences among states are as important as their similarities in understanding the structure and dynamics of contemporary GIS. Drawing on differentiation theory, it sets out four ideal-type models for international society. These cover the 'like units' of the classical English School, as well as differentiation by geography, hierarchy/privilege, and function. These models offer a systematic way to integrate international and world society, and to understand the relationship between the deep structure of primary institutions, and the vast array of intergovernmental and international non-governmental organisations. In this pioneering book, Buzan and Schouenborg present the reader with the first systematic attempt to define criteria for assessing whether international society is becoming stronger or weaker.
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1. Theorising international society; 2. The making of contemporary global international society: how do international societies grow/expand?; 3. The 'like-units' model; 4. The regions/subglobal model; 5. The hierarchy/privilege model; 6. The functional differentiation model; 7. Aggregating the models: the complex differentiation of contemporary global international society; Conclusions.
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'Buzan and Schouenborg have over-reached the Westernisation story with four pluralistic models of the expansion of international society, enriching the English School's theoretical corpus. Building on them, they theorise the differentiations of state type and of geography, status and function that have produced the basic structures of today's global international society. A must-read for anyone interested in the post-colonial condition.' Cornelia Navari, University of Buckingham
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A new and systematic view of how global international society came into being and acquired its current structure and dynamics.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781108448352
Publisert
2018-08-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
410 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
286