Ordering the International
History, Change and Transformation
Will be published approx. on 20. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
656 pages
978-0-7453-2137-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ordering the International is a new textbook which teaches the core themes of International Studies in an innovative way.
Can we analyse international order as a whole, and how? How can we best understand and explain the processes of international interaction and the kinds of order and disorder with which they are associated? Is the contemporary international system changing and, if so, by whose agency? This book analyses the historical origins, evolution and transformation of three sectors of the modern international system: the political, the socio-cultural, and the economic-technological.
Drawing on a combination of approaches and debates, it concludes by discussing theories of international order and contending claims about its transformation. Ordering the International will provide you with the knowledge and skills to understand, and participate in, key debates about the world in which we live.
Can we analyse international order as a whole, and how? How can we best understand and explain the processes of international interaction and the kinds of order and disorder with which they are associated? Is the contemporary international system changing and, if so, by whose agency? This book analyses the historical origins, evolution and transformation of three sectors of the modern international system: the political, the socio-cultural, and the economic-technological.
Drawing on a combination of approaches and debates, it concludes by discussing theories of international order and contending claims about its transformation. Ordering the International will provide you with the knowledge and skills to understand, and participate in, key debates about the world in which we live.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
60 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-2137-0 (9780745321370)
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Persons
Dr William Brown is Lecturer in Government and Politics at The Open University. He is author of The European Union and Africa (I.B. Tauris, 2001) and co-editor of Making the International (Pluto Press, 2003) and Ordering the International (Pluto Press, 2004).
Dr Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University. He is the author of American Hegemony and World Oil (Polity Press, 1990), Rethinking Middle East Politics (Polity Press, 1993) and co-edited Making the International (Pluto Press, 2003) and Ordering the International (Pluto Press, 2004). He has also contributed to and edited Governing the European Union (Sage, 2001).
Dr Suma Athreye has a degree in Science and Technology Policy Studies from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) in 1996. She was a Research Fellow, Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge and taught at the Manchester School of Management at UMIST. Her main research interests lie in the areas of Economics of Technological Change, Industrial Development, and Economic Geography.
Dr Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University. He is the author of American Hegemony and World Oil (Polity Press, 1990), Rethinking Middle East Politics (Polity Press, 1993) and co-edited Making the International (Pluto Press, 2003) and Ordering the International (Pluto Press, 2004). He has also contributed to and edited Governing the European Union (Sage, 2001).
Dr Suma Athreye has a degree in Science and Technology Policy Studies from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) in 1996. She was a Research Fellow, Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge and taught at the Manchester School of Management at UMIST. Her main research interests lie in the areas of Economics of Technological Change, Industrial Development, and Economic Geography.
Content
Introduction: Ordering the International: History, Change and Transformation
1. The subject and scope of International Studies by Simon Bromley and William Brown
Part 1: States and the states-system
2. The origins and evolution of the European states-system by Benno Teschke
3. Universalism and difference in international society by Simon Bromley
4. A liberal international order? by William Brown
5. American power and the future of international order by Simon Bromley
Part 2: Culture, rights and justice
6. Culture, identity and international relations by Robert Garson
7. Rights and justice in international relations by Raia Prokhovnik
8. Culture, international politics and Islam: debating continuity and change by Sami Zubaida
9. Culture, rights and justice in a globalizing world by Jef Huysmans
Part 3: Technology, inequality and the network society
10. Technology, investment and economic growth by Roberto Simonetti
11. Global inequality, economic globalization and technological change by Grahame Thompson
12. The global network society and transnational networks of dissent by Helen Yanacopulos and Giles Mohan
13. Technologies, agency and the shape of the future by Helen Yanacopulos, Tim Jordan and Rafal Rohozinski
Part 4: Models of international order
14. Characterizing international order by William Brown
15. Transforming international order? by Simon Bromley and Mark J Smith
1. The subject and scope of International Studies by Simon Bromley and William Brown
Part 1: States and the states-system
2. The origins and evolution of the European states-system by Benno Teschke
3. Universalism and difference in international society by Simon Bromley
4. A liberal international order? by William Brown
5. American power and the future of international order by Simon Bromley
Part 2: Culture, rights and justice
6. Culture, identity and international relations by Robert Garson
7. Rights and justice in international relations by Raia Prokhovnik
8. Culture, international politics and Islam: debating continuity and change by Sami Zubaida
9. Culture, rights and justice in a globalizing world by Jef Huysmans
Part 3: Technology, inequality and the network society
10. Technology, investment and economic growth by Roberto Simonetti
11. Global inequality, economic globalization and technological change by Grahame Thompson
12. The global network society and transnational networks of dissent by Helen Yanacopulos and Giles Mohan
13. Technologies, agency and the shape of the future by Helen Yanacopulos, Tim Jordan and Rafal Rohozinski
Part 4: Models of international order
14. Characterizing international order by William Brown
15. Transforming international order? by Simon Bromley and Mark J Smith