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Summary
Notable scholars explore James Rosenau's postinternational paradigm--an alternative view to traditional international relations.
Bringing together notable authors to explore James Rosenau's postinternational paradigm, this book makes an important contribution to the study of international relations theory. It includes a concluding chapter by Rosenau himself which responds individually and collectively to his critics.
"James Rosenau's work has had a major influence on many students of international relations; however, most of the previous work has focused on his foreign policy work. This book is an admirable response to his theoretical work, his Turbulence Period.Most of the chapters help to clarify Rosenau's more recent theoretical work: providing thoughtful explanations of key concepts, presenting real world illustrations of theoretical claims, and discussing the intellectual roots of these ideas." -- Steven Lamy, University of Southern California
"I am impressed by this book's diverse themes and foci pertinent to Rosenau's theory. They range nicely from Peterson's sharp feminist critique to Lepgold's elaboration and explication, and to Ferguson's more personal portrayal (of Rosenau himself). Most importantly, the book helps make Rosenau's theory more testable in an era in which grand theorizing in the social sciences seems to have lost much popularity and appeal." -- Xiangming Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago
Contributors include, Eric Drew Cooper, Ralph Dimuccio, Mary Durfee, Yale H. Ferguson, Heidi H. Hobbs, Ole R. Holsti, Margaret P. Karns, Joseph Lepgold, Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Richard W. Mansbach, Dario Moreno, Nicholas Onuf, V. Spike Peterson, and James N. Rosenau.
Heidi H. Hobbs is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Carolina State University. She is the author of City Hall Goes Abroad: The Foreign Policy of Local Politics.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction Pondering Postinternationalism
Heidi H. Hobbs
Part 1
Postinternationalism in Perspective
Chapter 1
Changing Understandings of Global Politics: Preinternationalism, Internationalism, and Postinternationalism
Richard W. Mansbach
Chapter 2
The Limits of Sovereignty in a Bifurcated World
Dario Moreno
Chapter 3
Postinternational Politics and the Growing Glomerations of Global Governance
Margaret P. Karns
Chapter 4
Justified Jailbreaks and Paradigmatic Recidivism
V. Spike Peterson
Part 2
The Role of Citizens in a Postinternational World
Chapter 5
Politics among People: Global Civil Society Reconsidered
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Chapter 6
Writing Large: Habit, Skills, and Grandiose Theory
Nicholas Onuf
Chapter 7
Pondering the Postinternational Perspective on the Public: A Prescient or Peripheral Paradigm?
Ole R. Holsti
Part 3
Postinternationalism: A Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century?
Chapter 8
Constituting Complexity: Order and Turbulence in World Politics
Mary Durfee
Chapter 9
An Intellectual Agenda for Students of Postinternational World Politics
Joseph Lepgold
Chapter 10
Turbulence and Tradition in International Relations Theory: Prospects for a Postinternational Revolution
Ralph DiMuccio and Eric Drew Cooper
Chapter 11
Postinternationalism and the Future of IR Theory