Civilizing World Politics
Society and Community Beyond the State
Published on 19. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8476-9803-5 (ISBN)
Description
Civilizing World Politics offers an innovative approach to the changing contexts of global politics, moving beyond the ever more fuzzy debate on globalization to a concept of world society that transcends the nation state and embraces communities including nongovernmental organizations. It brings together research from various fields of political science, sociology, and social theory in new ways, successfully introducing U.S. students of international affairs to contemporary continental research in a way that enlightens as it civilizes.
Reviews / Votes
All of the chapters contain good work and a book as a whole is an admirable statement of a continuing and extremely interesting research project. A well-written book, dealing with fascinating questions in an intelligent and thoughtful manner. Roll on volume 2! * International Affairs *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-9803-5 (9780847698035)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mathias Albert is currently working on a Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Community, based in Frankfurt am Main. Lothar Brock is chair for International Relations at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, and is a research director at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Klaus Dieter Wolf is professor of international relations at the Institute of Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: World Society Chapter 2 Debordering the World of States: New Spaces in International Relations Chapter 3 Collective Identities in World Society Chapter 4 "Community" in the Global Network: A Methodological Exploration Chapter 5 The "English School": International Theory and International Society Chapter 6 States Are Not "Like Units": Types of State and Forms of Anarchy in the Present International System Chapter 7 The New Raison D'Etat: Interanational Cooperation against Societies? Chapter 8 Time to Change: States as Problems or Problem-Solvers in World Society? Chapter 9 Multi-Level Governance: On the State and Democracy in Europe Chapter 10 Democratization without Representation Chapter 11 Neo-Medievalism, Local Actors, and Foreign Policy: An Agenda for Research Chapter 12 The Better Half of World Society