| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 456 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in international relations |
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Cambridge studies in international relations.
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| Contents |
Systems and relations -- Complex adaptive systems -- From levels of analysis to levels of organization -- Systems, causes, and theory : explanatory pluralism in IR -- Structural theory -- Anarchy -- The tripartite conception of structure -- Functional differentiation and distribution of capabilities -- Ordering principles -- Relations, processes, and systems -- Multiple dimensions of differentiation in assembled international systems -- Continuous (trans)formation : producing social continuity and social change -- Life sciences and social sciences : co-evolving complex adaptive systems -- Normative-institutional differentiation -- Vertical differentiation : stratification and hierarchy in international systems -- Levels, centers, and peripheries : spatio-political structures -- continuous (trans)formation of eurocentric political systems (c. 1225- c. 2025) -- Afterword: Multiple approaches to multidimensional systems of relations |
| Summary |
Inspired by recent work in evolutionary, developmental, and systems biology, Systems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies sketches a robust conception of systems that grounds a new conception of levels (of organization, not merely analysis). Understanding international systems as multi-level multi-actor complex adaptive systems allows explanations of important features of the world that are inaccessible to dominant causal and rationalist explanatory strategies. It also develops a comprehensive critique of IR's dominant conception of systems and structures (narrow, rigid, and unfruitful); presents a novel conception of the interrelationship of the social production of continuities and the social production of change; and sketches models of spatio-political structure that cast new light on the development of international systems, including a distinctive account of the nature of globalization.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Jack Donnelly is the Andrew Mellon Professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
International organization.
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International relations -- Philosophy.
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Social systems.
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International organization.
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International relations -- Philosophy.
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Social systems.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009355193 |
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1009355198 |
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9781009355216 |
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100935521X |
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