From International to World Society?

From International to World Society?
Author: Barry Buzan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2004-02-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521541213

Barry Buzan offers an extensive and long overdue critique and reappraisal of the English school approach to International Relations. Starting on the neglected concept of world society and bringing together the international society tradition and the Wendtian mode of constructivism, Buzan offers a new theoretical framework that can be used to address globalisation as a complex political interplay among state and non-state actors. This approach forces English school theory to confront neglected questions about both its basic concepts and assumptions, and about the constitution of society in terms of what values are shared, how and why they are shared, and by whom. Buzan highlights the idea of primary institutions as the central contribution of English school theory and shows how this both differentiates English school theory from realism and neoliberal institutionalism, and how it can be used to generate distinctive comparative and historical accounts of international society.

Global International Society

Global International Society
Author: Barry Buzan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018-08-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110842788X

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.

Guide to the English School in International Studies

Guide to the English School in International Studies
Author: Cornelia Navari
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2013-11-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1118624769

Bringing together the latest scholarship from a global group of expert contributors, this guide offers a comprehensive examination of the English School approach to the study of international relations. Explains the major ideas of the British Committee on International Relations, including the idea of and institutions connected to an international society, the emerging notion of world society, and order within international relations Describes the English School’s methods of analyzing themes, trends, and dilemmas Focuses on the historical and geographical expansion of international society, and particularly on the effects of colonization and imperialism Serves as an essential reference for students, researchers, and academics in international relations

International Legitimacy and World Society

International Legitimacy and World Society
Author: Ian Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2007-04-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199297002

This is a study of the theory and history of international norms. How does international society come to adopt certain norms in particular? This book shows how ideas of international legitimacy have evolved, and makes us rethink the nature of international society.

World Society

World Society
Author: John Wear Burton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1972-06-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521096942

This analytical interdisciplinary approach to the study of behaviour in world society attempts to make relatively advanced material intelligible to those without the background of political science which has hitherto been necessary. Dr Burton, viewing world society as a total environment in which the behaviour of individuals, groups, nations and states occurs, describes ethnic, political, economic and ideological systems and discusses all aspects of behaviour: decision-making; roles, non-rational activity, problems of perception, values and conflict. He shows how such behaviour relates to that which we know in all social groups and in more confined areas, and states that any analysis of international society, its problems and conflicts, which explains behaviour at one social level differently from activity at another social level must be misleading. This book provides a stimulating and challenging analysis of world society which will interest a wide range of those studying international relations, sociology and politics in universities, schools and colleges of education.

System, Society and the World

System, Society and the World
Author: Robert W. Murray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2015-11-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781910814055

Since its reorganisation in the 1990s, the English School of International Relations has emerged as a popular theoretical lens through which to examine global events. This volume brings together some of the most important voices on the English School to highlight the multifaceted nature of the School's applications in international relations

Territorial Conflicts in World Society

Territorial Conflicts in World Society
Author: Stephen Stetter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2007-04-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134116179

By bringing into dialogue modern systems theory and international relations, this text provides theoretically innovative and empirically rich perspectives on conflicts in world society. This collection contrasts Niklas Luhmann’s theory of world society in modern systems theory with more classical approaches to the study of conflicts, offering a fresh perspective on territorial conflicts in international relations. It includes chapters on key issues such as: conflicts and human rights conflicts in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa war and violence Greek-Turkish relations conflict theory the role of states in world societal conflicts legal territorial disputes in Australia hegemony and conflict in global law conflict management after 9/11. While all contributions draw from the theory of world society in modern systems theory, the authors offer rich multi-disciplinary perspectives which bring in concepts from international relations, peace and conflict studies, sociology, law and philosophy. Territorial Conflicts in World Society will appeal to international relations specialists, peace and conflict researchers and sociologists.

Environmentalism and Global International Society

Environmentalism and Global International Society
Author: Robert Falkner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108833012

Explains how environmentalism became a fundamental norm in international relations and explores the impact of the greening of international society.

From Globalization to World Society

From Globalization to World Society
Author: Boris Holzer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317679997

Since the 1970s, various sociological approaches have tried to understand and conceptualize "the global," yet few of them have systematically addressed the full spectrum of social relationships. Prominent exponents of the global approach - such as world systems analysis - instead have focused on particular domains such as politics or the economy. Under the label of "world society," however, some authors have suggested alternatives to the predominant equivocation of society and the nation-state. The contributions to this volume share that objective and take their point of departure from the two most ambitious projects of a theory of world society: world polity research and systems theory, mapping out the common ground and assessing their potential to inform empirical analyses of globalization.

International Society and the Middle East

International Society and the Middle East
Author: B. Buzan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230234356

International Society and the Middle East brings together a distinguished cast of theorists and Middle East experts to provide a comprehensive overview of the region's history and how its own traditions have mixed, often uncomfortably, with the political structures imposed by the expansion of Western international society.