| Uses of 'The West': Security and the Politics of Order Contributor(s): Hellmann, Gunther (Editor), Herborth, Benjamin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110716849X ISBN-13: 9781107168497 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Geopolitics - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Dewey: 327.1 |
| LCCN: 2017304571 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The notion of 'the West' is commonly used in politics, the media, and in the academic world. To date, our idea of 'the West' has been largely assumed and effective, but has not been examined in detail from a theoretical perspective. Uses of 'the West' combines a range of original and topical approaches to evaluate what 'the West' really does, and how the idea is being used in everyday political practice. This book examines a range of uses of 'the West', and traces how 'the West' works in a broad array of conceptual and empirical contexts, ranging from the return of geopolitics - via a critical review of the debates surrounding Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilization thesis - to the question of the future of 'the West'. Analysis extends further to the repercussions of the war on terror on Western democracy and the processes of delineating the Western from the non-Western, as well as observations of the institutional transformations of Western order. |
Contributor Bio(s): Herborth, Benjamin: - Benjamin Herborth is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and International Organization at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. His recent work has appeared in the Journal of International Relations and Development, International Theory and the Review of International Studies.Hellmann, Gunther: - Gunther Hellmann is Professor of Political Science at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main and Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence on 'The Formation of Normative Orders'. His recent work has appeared in Foreign Policy Analysis, the Journal of International Relations and Development and the International Studies Review. |