Polities : authority, identities, and change
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Polities : authority, identities, and change
（Studies in international relations）
University of South Carolina Press, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-451) and indexes
Contents of Works
- Introduction : new paths to theory
- The subject is politics
- Mesopotamia : fission-fusion of the first city polities and empires
- The sources and limits of central authority in mesopotamia
- Greece : structural features of a watershed civilization
- The polis : triumph and challenge of citizenship
- Ancient China : overlapping polities in an imperial framework
- The mandate of heaven : authority in ancient China
- Mesoamerica : a multitude of polities
- Mesoamerica and the Spanish conquest : the collision of civilizations
- Islam : the evolution of a messianic movement
- The caliphate : the limits of dynastic power
- Italy after Rome : complexity at the nexus of the ancient and modern worlds
- Medieval Italy : competing visions of unity and authority
- The past as prelude
Description and Table of Contents
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: paper ISBN 9781570030772
Description
This text seeks to fulfil the promise made in ""The Elusive Quest"" to offer an alternative way of thinking about relations among polities. It attempts to shift the discipline's traditional focus from a world of territorially bounded sovereign states to an ever-changing variety of overlapping, layered, and politically functioning collectives. Ferguson and Mansbach identify ideal polity types and contend that while individuals typically possess loyalties to many compatible polities, issues may force individious choices, as exemplified by the post-cold-war reawakening of ""nations,"" tribes, and clans. Through six case studies of major civilizations and ages, they 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. The case studies included are: Ancient Mesopotamia; Greece from the Archaic period to Alexander; China from the early Chou to the Han era; Mesoamerica before and after the Spanish Conquest; Medieval Islam; and Italy from Rome to the Renaissance. m ade in ""The Elusive Quest"" to offer an alternative way of thinking about relations among polities. They attempt to shift the discipline's traditional focus from a world of territorially bounded sovreign states to an ever-changing variety of overlapping, layered, and politically functioning collectives. Ferguson and Mansbach identify ideal polity types and contend that while individuals typically possess loyalties to many compatible polities, issues may force individious choices, as exemplified by the post-cold-war reawakening of ""nations,"" tribes, and clans. Through six case studies of major civilizations and ages, they 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. The case studies included are: Ancient Mesopotamia; Greece from the Archaic period to Alexander; China from the early Chou to the Han era; Mesoamerica before and after the Spanish Conquest; Medieval Islam; and Italy from Rome to the Renaissance.
- Volume
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: cloth ISBN 9781570031281
Description
This text seeks to fulfil the promise made in ""The Elusive Quest"" to offer an alternative way of thinking about relations among polities. It attempts to shift the discipline's traditional focus from a world of territorially bounded sovereign states to an ever-changing variety of overlapping, layered, and politically functioning collectives. Ferguson and Mansbach identify ideal polity types and contend that while individuals typically possess loyalties to many compatible polities, issues may force individious choices, as exemplified by the post-cold-war reawakening of ""nations,"" tribes, and clans. Through six case studies of major civilizations and ages, they 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. The case studies included are: Ancient Mesopotamia; Greece from the Archaic period to Alexander; China from the early Chou to the Han era; Mesoamerica before and after the Spanish Conquest; Medieval Islam; and Italy from Rome to the Renaissance.
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