{"product_id":"international-institutions-in-world-history-1","title":"International Institutions in World History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a case for a basic reorientation of International Relations away from the state and towards the study of social institutions in the sense of patterned practices, ideas and norms\/rules. IR has always suffered from a parochial occupation with the state and the Western system of state. Its main theories revolve around these phenomena, and have resulted in the reification of the state: it has been turned into an essential actor, with certain immutable and fundamental properties that remain constant throughout time. A list of these properties usually includes territorial limits, centralisation, monopolisation of violence and exclusive loyalties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational Institutions in World History shows how the state is an inherently modern phenomenon, a modern social institution, and that foundational concepts in IR should be based on a full appreciation of the wider record of human existence on earth, trans-historically and cross-culturally. Schouenborg argues that these social institutions may be captured via a universal functional typology consisting of four categories: legitimacy and membership; regulating conflicts; trade; and governance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of interest to scholars and students within IR (particularly IR theory), anthropology, archaeology and sociology, and those interested in general social theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243131195736,"sku":"9780367884284","price":58.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367884284_26a2b2ac-9d99-4e8a-a1c4-340e4ca115db.jpg?v=1779339675","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/international-institutions-in-world-history-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}