{"product_id":"international-relations-and-communitarianism","title":"International Relations and Communitarianism","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommunitarianism is an intriguing social theory that states community and the social bonds of family, traditional values, and education are the main building blocks of a new supranational global order.  One of its strongest proponents, Amitai Etzioni, posits that  the \"transnational threats facing humankind today are so overwhelming that soon all nations will experience a convergence of values and priorities, which will lay the groundwork for eventual global governance. \" The eight articles presented by the August 2005 issue of \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Behavioral Scientist\u003c\/strong\u003e offer a fascinating and spirited dialogue regarding the concurrences and contradictions of communitarianism within the context of international relations. They tackle a range of topics first addressed in Etzioni′s treatise \u003cem\u003eFrom Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations,\u003c\/em\u003e including:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluating the European Union as a test case for communitarianism (\u003cem\u003eGoldgeier\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow communitarianism predicts that U.S. hegemony will be transcended and how this fits in with the U.S.′, particularly the Bush administration′s, grand strategy (\u003cem\u003eHentz\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes Etizioni′s nationalistic approach to U.S. foreign policy negate communitarianism′s ethical problem-solving framework? (\u003cem\u003eFalk\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunitarian Realism and the emergence of common norms through coping with global challenges (\u003cem\u003eGvosdev\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe four fatal flaws of Communitarianism (\u003cem\u003eGray\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhether sustainable economic or political integration is possible without global social assimilation taking place (\u003cem\u003eMüllerson\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEtzioni′s Response, including a quick summary of  the communitarian paradigm (\u003cem\u003eEtzioni\u003c\/em\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA call by Ambassador Max M. Kampelman to bolster international community through the elimination of all nuclear weapons, the establishment of a national voluntary Civilian Conservation Corps for 18-21 year olds, and the creation of a new education incentive along the lines of the Roosevelt G.I. Bill of Rights.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis issue offers a balanced view of  a much-disputed theory and belongs in the library of every political scientist , sociologist , and everyone interested in the state of the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248329314648,"sku":"9781412938037","price":50.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781412938037.jpg?v=1777816873","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/international-relations-and-communitarianism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}