{"product_id":"assembling-the-global-thapanee-wasaratchawet-9798177870403","title":"Assembling the Global: Actor-Network Theory and International Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow do we make sense of a global order that seems to be fracturing and rewriting itself every single day?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn mainstream International Relations (IR), scholars traditionally view the global order through a macro lens of states, statesmen, and systemic power balances. However, what happens if we look closer? The \"international\" is actually constructed, maintained, and disrupted by a heterogeneous network of human actors and non-human objects alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssembling the Global\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e provides an introductory framework for applying \u003cb\u003eActor-Network Theory (ANT)\u003c\/b\u003e to global politics. Drawing on the foundational philosophies of \u003cb\u003eBruno Latour, John Law, and Michel Callon\u003c\/b\u003e, this text introduces a flat ontology to IR, arguing that power is not an inherent trait of states but a highly contingent result of socio-material assemblages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003cbr\u003eA New Analytical Paradigm: \u003c\/b\u003e Move past the traditional state-centric lenses by applying a flat ontology directly to International Relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocio-Material Assemblages: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn how human actors, technology, and material infrastructures intersect symmetrically to construct and disrupt the global order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheory Meets Empirics: \u003c\/b\u003e Understand the philosophies of Latour, Law, and Callon through chapters that pair theoretical insights with concrete, real-world case studies.\u003cbr\u003eBridging rigorous philosophical theory with striking, real-world applications, this monograph breaks down traditional macro-micro dualisms. The ANT approach grants equivalent conceptual weight to \u003cb\u003ethe human and material worlds\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eUseful for scholars interested in international relations, this book is more than an academic argument. It is a profound call to methodological conversion-inviting you to trace the tangled network of the global order and reimagine IR \"after the social.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thapanee Wasaratchawet,Sunil Dash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798177870403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Thapanee Wasaratchawet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780297855231,"sku":"9798177870403","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/assembling-the-global-thapanee-wasaratchawet-9798177870403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}