World of Polities

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Part I: Introduction......Page 10
The Principal Puzzle (2008)......Page 12
Part II: Making the Quest Less Elusive: Theory and Global Politics......Page 20
1 Between Celebration and Despair: Constructive suggestions for future international theory (1991)......Page 22
2 Values and Paradigm Change in Global Politics (1988, 2003)......Page 44
3 Reconstructing Theory in Global Politics: Beyond the postmodern challenge (2002)......Page 60
4 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Global Politics: Promise and pitfalls (2008)......Page 73
Part III: The Complex Universe of Actors in Global Politics......Page 92
5 The Web of World Politics (1976)......Page 94
6 Italy After Rome: Complexity at the nexus of the ancient and modern worlds (1996)......Page 113
7 Islam: The evolution of a messianic movement (1996)......Page 130
8 The Past as Prelude to the Future?: Identities and loyalties in global politics (1996)......Page 148
Part IV: Toward a Post-international World......Page 170
9 Beyond International Relations to Global Politics: Overlapping political space, shifting boundaries, and revised authority structures (2008)......Page 172
10 War and Innocent Victims: The paradox of Westphalia (2008)......Page 191
11 Superpower, Hegemony, Empire (2008)......Page 209
12 Post-internationalism and IR Theory (2007)......Page 225
Notes......Page 243
Bibliography......Page 246
Index......Page 260