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A theory of world politics /

"In this book, Mathias Albert develops an ambitious theoretical framework that describes world politics as a specific social system set within the wider political system of world society. Albert's analysis of the historical evolution and contemporary form of world politics takes the theory...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Albert, Mathias (Author)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Cambridge studies in international relations ; 141
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. World Society Theory: 1. The 'world' and 'society' in 'world society'; 2. World society and social differentiation: segmentation, stratification, and functional differentiation; Part II. Emerging World Politics: 3. The system of world politics; 4. Forms of world politics; Part III. Reflections and Roads Ahead: 5. Reflections on theorising world politics; 6. Limitations, loose threads, further research; Concluding remarks: scrambles amongst world politics.