This ambitious book provides a new framework for analysing global international society (GIS). In doing so, it also links the English School's approach more closely to classical sociology, constructivism, liberal institutionalism, realism and postcolonialism. It retells the expansion of international society story to explain why the differences among states are as important as their similarities in understanding the structure and dynamics of contemporary GIS. Drawing on differentiation theory, it sets out four ideal-type models for international society. These cover the 'like units' of the classical English School, as well as differentiation by geography, hierarchy/privilege, and function. These models offer a systematic way to integrate international and world society, and to understand the relationship between the deep structure of primary institutions, and the vast array of intergovernmental and international non-governmental organisations. In this pioneering book, Buzan and Schouenborg present the reader with the first systematic attempt to define criteria for assessing whether international society is becoming stronger or weaker.
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Weight: 410g
Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
Publication Date: 23 Aug 2018
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781108448352
About Barry BuzanLaust Schouenborg
Barry Buzan is Emeritus Professor in the London School of Economics and Political Science Department of International Relations honorary professor at Copenhagen Jilin and China Foreign Affairs Universities and a Fellow of the British Academy. Among his 26 books are: From International to World Society? English School Theory and the Social Structure of Globalisation (Cambridge 2004); An Introduction to the English School of International Relations (2014); and with George Lawson The Global Transformation: History Modernity and the Making of International Relations (Cambridge 2015 winner of Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations 2017). Laust Schouenborg is Associate Professor of Global Studies in the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde Universitet Denmark. He has authored The Scandinavian International Society: Primary Institutions and Binding Forces 18152010 (2012) and International Institutions in World History: Divorcing International Relations from the State and Stage Models (2016) and contributed to Guide to the English School in International Studies (2014 eds Navari and Green).