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Author : Adam Watson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0415452104
"Reissue with a new introduction by Barry Buzan and Richard Little."
Author : Adam Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134056101
`This is a real feast of a book. ... a landmark book. It is clear enough to be used as a teaching text, and could make an excellent introduction to the discipline for those courageous enough to revise their courses.' International Affairs `This is a bold, successful and valuable book... It is written with admirable clarity and merciful conciseness.' International Relations `A stunning success. Watson's book is a masterful piece of theoretical and historical analysis.' John A. Vasquez, Rutgers University Adam Watson, who died in 2007, was a former diplomat who in his later academic career became a pioneer of the discipline of international relations. Originally published in 1992, The Evolution of International Society made a major contribution to international theory and to our perception of how relations between states operate, and established Watson’s place within the canon. This acclaimed and uniquely comprehensive work explains how international societies function across time, starting by examining the ancient state systems before turning to look in detail at the current worldwide international society. The book demonstrates that relations between states are not normally anarchic, but are in fact organized and regulated by elaborate rules and practices. In this timely reissue, a new introduction by Barry Buzan and Richard Little assesses Adam Watson's career as a diplomat and examines how his work as a practitioner shaped his subsequent thinking about the nature of international society. It then contextualises Watson's original work, situates it alongside current work in the area and identifies the originality of Watson's key arguments, helping us to understand Watson’s place within the canon.
Author : Evan Luard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349221073
This text combines passages from major writers on international relations over the ages, together with a brief commentary on each. The collection is divided into three main sections - the individual, the state and the society of states - the three main alternative ways of conceiving the subject.
Author : Adam Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474591588
Author : Daniel Gorman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139536684
Chronicling the emergence of an international society in the 1920s, Daniel Gorman describes how the shock of the First World War gave rise to a broad array of overlapping initiatives in international cooperation. Though national rivalries continued to plague world politics, ordinary citizens and state officials found common causes in politics, religion, culture and sport with peers beyond their borders. The League of Nations, the turn to a less centralized British Empire, the beginning of an international ecumenical movement, international sporting events and audacious plans for the abolition of war all signaled internationalism's growth. State actors played an important role in these developments and were aided by international voluntary organizations, church groups and international networks of academics, athletes, women, pacifists and humanitarian activists. These international networks became the forerunners of international NGOs and global governance.
Author : James Mayall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990-02-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521389615
Geared to the interests of modern historians of world decolonization and economic nationalism, this study of international relations will provide insight into issues relevant to nationalism and international society.
Author : Lacy Pejcinovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135629076
Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally put forward by Hedley Bull. It offers a comprehensive examination of what is entailed in thinking of war as a social institution and as a mechanism for order. Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 the subject of war has become increasingly relevant, with questions about who can wage war against whom, the way war is fought, and the reasons that lead us to war exposing fundamental inadequacies in our theorisation of war. War has long been considered in the discipline of International Relations in the context of the problem of order. However, the inclusion of war as an ‘institution’ is problematic for many. How can we understand an idea and practice so often associated with coercion, destruction, and disorder as contributing to order and coexistence? This study contends that an understanding of the core elements that establish the character of war as an institution of modern international society will give us important insights into the purpose, if any, of war in contemporary international relations. This ground-breaking book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of international relations, international relations theory, the English school, security studies and warfare.
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349626663
Hedley Bull was one of the most important figures in the academic study of international relations. Although his work ranged widely, one simple but powerful idea constantly recurs: that sovereign states form among themselves a society and that this society must be understood on its own terms. The end of the Cold War and developments within international relations theory have once again thrown the social dimension of world politics into sharp relief. Although many have read Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society, few are familiar with the breadth and range of his writing. This collection brings together Bull's most important work on international society, illustrating the richness and analytical rigour of his thought, and its evolution over time. The volume includes a comprehensive introduction which examines Bull's conception of international society, its relationship to contemporary theories of world politics, and its continued relevance to our understanding of the post-Cold War world.
Author : Geoffrey Stern
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1855672758
An introduction to the field of international relations, for students new to the subject, with theoretical and historical background in addition to discussion of modern issues. It outlines theories such as realism, rationalism, and revolutionism, and the evolution of international society, and discusses legal and political sovereignty, inter-state behavior, imperialism, non-state actors, the international political economy, and prospects for world peace. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Barry Buzan,Laust Schouenborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108427883
A new and systematic view of how global international society (GIS) came into being and acquired its current structure and dynamics. Buzan and Schouenborg integrate states, intergovernmental and international non-governmental organisations, and the diffusion of norms, into a single theoretical framework for the study of GIS.
Author : Timothy Dunne,Christian Reus-Smit
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198793427
This volume reconsiders the process of globalization, drawing on a wealth of new perspectives to understand better this momentous historical development.
Author : Hedley Bull,Adam Watson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2025-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198716869
This book is a systematic investigation of the origins and nature of the international society of today. The work of a study group of distinguished scholars, it examines comprehensively the expansion of the international society of European states across the rest of the globe, and its subsequent transformation from a society fashioned in Europe and dominated by Europeans into today's global international society of nearly two hundred states, the great majority of which are not European. The first section describes the predominance of the European system in a floodtide of expansion from the sixteenth century onwards, which united the whole world for the first time in a single economic, strategic, and political unit. The process whereby non-European states came to take their place as members of the same society, accepting its rules and institutions, is the subject of the second part; and the third section examines the repudiation of European, Russian, and American domination by states and peoples of the Third World and the consequent movement away from a system based on European hegemony. The last part is concerning with the new international order that has emerged from the ebb tide of European dominance, and focuses on a central question. Has the geographical expansion of international society led to a contradiction of the consensus about common interests, rules, and institutions on which an international society proper must rest? Or can we say that the old European system has been modified and developed in such a way that a new, genuinely universal, and non-hegemonial structure for international relations has taken root? A new foreword by Andrew Hurrell examines the impact of this seminal work and sets its continued contribution in context.
Author : Amitav Acharya,Barry Buzan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108480178
Presents a challenge to international relations scholars to think globally, understanding the field's development in the Global South alongside the traditionally dominant Western approach.
Author : Scott Pegg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000708578
Originally published in 1998, International Society and the De Facto Society explores the phenomenon of de facto statehood in contemporary international relations. The de facto state is almost the inverse of what Robert Jackson has termed the ‘quasi-state’. The quasi-state has an ambassador, a flag, and a seat at the United Nations, but it does not function positively as a viable governing entity. Its limitations though, do not detract from sovereign legitimacy. The de facto state, on the other hand, lacks legitimacy yet effectively controls a given territorial area and provides governmental services to a specific population. The book engages in a birth, life, and death or evolution examination of the de facto state.
Author : Erik Ringmar
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781783740253
Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization – and their consequences on contemporary society. History of International Relations provides a unique textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations, and anybody interested in international relations theory, history, and contemporary politics.