International Society and its Critics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 December 2004
- ISBN 9780199265190
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages340 pages
- Size 242x163x24 mm
- Weight 673 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
In this major new work, leading scholars come together to evaluate the influential International Society approach to contemporary world politics. Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this book demonstrate that a proper understanding of world politics needs to incorporate many types of actor and be able to explain the different types of issue in world politics. This International Society approach offers one of the most illuminating ways of understanding the major issues of our day, such as terrorism, global governance, and the role of international law.
MoreLong description:
In recent years, the English School or international society approach to International Relations has risen to prominence because its theories and concepts seem able to help us explain some of the most complex and seemingly paradoxical features of contemporary world politics. In doing so, the approach has attracted a variety of criticisms from both ends of the political spectrum. Some argue that the claim that states form an international society is premature in an era of terror where power politics and the use of force have returned to the fore. Others insist that international society's state-centrism make it an inherently conservative approach unable to address many of the world's most pressing problems.
International Society and its Critics provides the first in-depth study of the English School approach to International Relations from a variety of different theoretical and practical perspectives. Sixteen leading scholars from three continents critically evaluate the School's contribution to the study of international theory and history; consider its relationship with a variety of alternative perspectives including international political economy, feminism, environmentalism, and critical security studies; and assess how the approach can help us to make sense of the big issues of the day such as terrorism, the management of cultural difference, global governance, the ethics of coercion, and the role of international law. They find that whilst the concept of international society helps to shed light on many of the important tensions in world politics, much work still needs to be done. In particular, the approach needs to broaden its empirical scope to incorporate more of the issues and actors that shape global politics; draw upon other theoretical traditions to improve its explanations of change in world politics; and recognize the complex and multi-layered nature of the contemporary world.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: International Society and the English School
Part 1: The English School's Contribution to International Relations
The English School and International Theory
The English School and World History
The New Agenda
The Constructivist Challenge after September 11
Part 2: Critical Engagements with International Society
Traditional Political Realism and the Writing of History
International Political Economy and Globalization
Critical Security Studies
Feminism
Global Environmental Governance
Order and Disorder in World Politics
Part 3: International Society After September 11
(Re)Imagining the Governance of Globalization
Between Universal Order and Diversity: The Question of Culture
Violence, Order, and Terror
Justice and Coercion
The Security Council and Global Governance
Conclusion: Whither International Society?
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