This is an argument for reform of the traditional norms and structures of international relations. Brown's argument in this book, maintains that world politics is in a crisis of incongruence between the world's traditional structure of governance (the nation-state system) and the most important interactions of people. Symptoms of this systematic crisis include: the epidemic of violent inter-ethnic conflicts; secessionist and self-determination movements; waves of international terrorism; contraband in weapons and drugs and ecological threats to the health of living organisms. This text's analysis probes beneath the surface of these events to determine their underlying causes and to find new policies and institutions conducive to a more safe and just world order.
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Introduction: the new, the old and the durable. Part 1 Legacies: the inherited foundations - basic structure and norms of the nation-state system; precursors of the modern state system; the development of the modern international system - from classical balance to Cold War biopolarity. Part 2 The demise of the Cold War: changing geopolitical realities; implosion of the Soviet sphere; theories about the end of the Cold War; post-Cold War disorder. Part 3 The emerging world polity - essential characteristics and systematic determinants: the global polyarchy; the impact of science and technology on community; the rise of ecopolitics; economic transnationalism; the rights of individuals and communities vis-a-vis nation-states; the problem of incongruence. Conclusion: justice and realism in the emerging world polity.
