Remapping Global Politics: History’s Revenge and Future Shock

Contents......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 15
1 Postinternational politics......Page 17
Conflicting stories of global politics: continuity and change, anarchy and order......Page 20
James Rosenau: from international to postinternational politics......Page 30
The hallmarks of postinternational theorizing......Page 33
History's revenge and future shock......Page 34
The decline of the territorial state......Page 37
Multiple identities and loyalties......Page 38
An expanding cast of important global actors......Page 41
The participation explosion......Page 43
Changing sources of security and insecurity......Page 44
The liberal bias of postinternational thinking......Page 45
Postinternational theory and history......Page 46
Conclusion: remapping global politics......Page 47
2 Theory and method......Page 51
The not-so-great debates......Page 52
Dissidence and relativism......Page 56
The constructivist turn: individuals, identities, and human autonomy......Page 65
The critical role of history......Page 69
Conclusion: retrieving reality......Page 79
3 Political space and time......Page 83
The parting of space and time......Page 84
Alternative conceptions of political space......Page 89
Political space and medieval Europe......Page 91
Political space and the Westphalian epoch......Page 95
From territoriality to postterritoriality......Page 97
The false distinctions between domestic, foreign, and comparative politics......Page 100
In the grip of habit......Page 104
Breaching the wall......Page 107
Comparative politics: Quo vadis?......Page 114
The fission and fusion of polities......Page 115
Conclusion: postinternational space and time......Page 121
4 States and other polities......Page 123
The state and social science......Page 126
Sovereignty......Page 130
The Westphalian State: a contingent outcome of place and time......Page 136
Moral communities in historical perspective......Page 146
The Westphalian State: no longer center stage......Page 150
Counter-arguments......Page 152
Conclusion: fragmented authority......Page 157
5 Identities in a postinternational world......Page 159
Nations, states, and nation-states......Page 160
A world of multiple identities......Page 164
The central role of culture......Page 168
Collective identities and new boundaries......Page 170
Changing identities and loyalties......Page 173
Manipulating myths and maps......Page 177
Policy cooperation and coordination......Page 179
Religion and the state......Page 183
Nesting and the challenge of new polities......Page 186
Identities and changing moral communities......Page 189
Conclusion: identity politics......Page 194
6 A postinternational world economy......Page 197
The international economic system......Page 198
Politics and markets in the postinternational era......Page 202
Transnational corporations and other economic institutions......Page 206
The implications of contemporary economic turbulence......Page 211
Historical patterns......Page 215
Globalization, nationalism, and the Korea case......Page 220
The contagion strikes Korea......Page 223
Anglo American values......Page 227
Korean values......Page 229
The normative implications of changing economic boundaries......Page 233
Conclusion: the economic globalization juggernaut continues?......Page 239
7 War in a postinternational world......Page 243
War and the emergence of the sovereign state......Page 246
War as an extension of politics......Page 252
Postinternational warfare......Page 257
High-technology warfare......Page 260
Some consequences of the new forms of warfare......Page 265
Future conflicts among different types of states......Page 270
Privatizing violence......Page 273
Soldiers and civilians......Page 276
Some normative implications of postinternational violence......Page 278
Conclusion: Clausewitz is history......Page 287
8 Technology and change......Page 289
The complexities of technological change......Page 291
The Internet and the erosion of state control......Page 299
The Internet, the market, and national economies......Page 300
Information gatekeepers......Page 302
Mobilization of political and social protest......Page 306
The erosion of national culture......Page 309
Dissemination of extremism and hate......Page 312
Societal vulnerability......Page 314
Criminal evasion......Page 315
Projecting soft power......Page 317
Cultural homogenization in heterogeneous societies......Page 319
The projection of force......Page 321
Technology: some normative observations......Page 322
Conclusion: a mixed verdict......Page 325
9 The future......Page 328
If so, then what?......Page 330
A disconcerting era......Page 336
The return of norms to global politics......Page 338
The democratic deficit......Page 340
Two normative stories about globalization and its effects......Page 345
The anti-globalization chronicle......Page 346
The proglobalization chronicle......Page 349
Conclusion: maps for an uncertain future......Page 354
Index......Page 359