Bringing sociology to international relations : world politics as differentiation theory
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Bringing sociology to international relations : world politics as differentiation theory
Cambridge University Press, 2013
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  Toyama
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  Kyoto
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  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-273) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Functional differentiation has long been at the heart of sociological thought, and as such has become a defining feature in the evolution of modern society; one which distinguishes it from pre-modern societies which have instead typically differentiated by means of segmentation, or stratified social systems such as class. Drawing on the latest developments on differentiation theory in international relations and sociology, this book brings together contributions from leading IR scholars and sociological theorists to offer a unique interdisciplinary synthesis in which contemporary world politics is discussed as a differentiated social realm. Bringing Sociology to International Relations is an illuminating and innovative new resource for scholars and students which strives to respond to a significant question across all its chapters: what happens when this well-established sociological theoretical framework is transposed from the domestic level, for which it was originally designed, to the larger and more complex subject of international relations?
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: differentiation theory and international relations Mathias Albert, Barry Buzan and Michael Zurn
- Part I. Sociological Perspectives: 2. Rationalized cultural contexts of functional differentiation George M. Thomas
- 3. The history and systematics of functional differentiation in sociology Rudolf Stichweh
- 4. Functional, segmentary, and stratificatory differentiation of world society Richard Munch
- Part II. On the Differentiated Structure of the International System: 5. Differentiation: type and dimension approaches Jack Donnelly
- 6. Stratificatory differentiation as a constitutive principle of the international system Lora Anne Viola
- 7. Some quanta of solace: world politics in the era of functional differentiation Stephan Stetter
- Part III. On the Interplay of (Global) Function Systems: 8. Functional differentiation and the oughts and musts of international law Oliver Kessler and Friedrich Kratochwil
- 9. International institutions in a functionally differentiated world society Mathias Koenig-Archibugi
- 10. Functional differentiation, globalization and the new transnational neo-pluralism Philip G. Cerny
- 11. Conclusion: differentiation theory and world politics Michael Zurn, Barry Buzan and Mathias Albert.
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