Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415099912)

Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new introduction, and comprehensive connective sections, present Ruggie's ideas and their application to critical policy questions of the post-Cold War international order. Themes covered include:
* International Organization. How the 'new Institutionalism' differs from the old.
* The System of States. Explorations of political structure, social time, and territorial space in the world polity.
* Making History. America and the issue of 'agency' in the post-Cold Was era. NATO and the future transatlantic security community. The United Nations and the collective use of force

Author: John Gerard Ruggie
ISBN-10: 0415099919
ISBN-13: 9780415099912
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/26/1998
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.19w x 0.82d