{"product_id":"polities-yale-h-ferguson-9781570030772","title":"Polities: Authority, Identities, and Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA call to view polities through a lens wider than that of the Westphalian state\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrustrated by the growing gap between international relations theory and the world it purports to explain, Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach fulfill the promise made in \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Quest\u003c\/i\u003e to offer an alternative way of thinking about relations among polities. With their latest collaboration, they shift the discipline's traditional focus from a world of territorially bounded sovereign states to an ever-changing variety of overlapping, layered, and linked politically functioning collectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerguson and Mansbach identify ideal polity types and contend that while individuals typically possess loyalties to many compatible polities, issue may force invidious choices, as exemplified by the post-cold-war reawakenings of \"nations,\" tribes, and clans. Through six case studies of major civilizations and ages, these noted scholars illustrate their theoretical arguments about the constant evolution of polities, the continual shifting of the global structure, and the importance of the past for understanding both the present and the future of global politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale H. Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570030774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570030772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.93w x 1.35d","brand":"Yale H. Ferguson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124884762879,"sku":"9781570030772","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a336983a-9468-44ab-bcc8-4cf15ed1d14b.jpg?v=1687439387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polities-yale-h-ferguson-9781570030772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}