Constructing the World Polity
Author | : John Gerard Ruggie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134856763 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134856768 |
Rating | : 4/5 (768 Downloads) |
Download or read book Constructing the World Polity written by John Gerard Ruggie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new introduction, and comprehensive connective sections, present Ruggie's ideas and their application to critical policy questions of the post-Cold War international order. Themes covered include: * International Organization. How the 'new Institutionalism' differs from the old. * The System of States. Explorations of political structure, social time, and territorial space in the world polity. * Making History. America and the issue of 'agency' in the post-Cold Was era. NATO and the future transatlantic security community. The United Nations and the collective use of force.