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A Theory of World Politics
Contributor(s): Albert, Mathias (Author)
ISBN: 1107146534     ISBN-13: 9781107146532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $118.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
Dewey: 327.101
LCCN: 2016006301
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.19 lbs) 278 pages
 
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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 of social differentiation as its starting point. World politics is a specific, relatively recent form of politics and Albert shows how the development of a distinct system of world politics first began during the long nineteenth century. The book goes on to identify the different forms of social differentiation that underlie the variety of contemporary forms of organizing political authority in world politics. Employing sociological and historical perspectives, A Theory of World Politics also reflects critically on its relation to accounts of world politics in the field of international relations and will appeal to a wide readership in a range of fields.

Contributor Bio(s): Albert, Mathias: - Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science at Universität Bielefeld, Germany.