| Beyond the Nation-State: Functionalism and International Organization Contributor(s): Haas, Ernst (Author) |
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ISBN: 0955248876 ISBN-13: 9780955248870 Publisher: ECPR Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - History | World - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 321 |
| Series: ECPR Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9.1" (2.05 lbs) 584 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of all of the books produced by Ernst B Haas during his career, Beyond the Nation State contains the most complete and definitive statement of 'neo-functionalism': the theory of trans-national integration for which he is best known. Focusing on the International Labor Organization (ILO), Beyond the Nation-State was one of the first efforts to analyse systematically the dynamics and effects of a global international institution. This book is regarded as a classic in comparative politics, international relations and amongst students of European Integration and has enjoyed a renaissance with the end of the cold war, reinvigorated European integration, resumed interest in communitarian theorising, and efforts to theorise about forms of global governance which relied on a heightened role for international institutions and their associated policy communities. First published in 1964, this book was part of larger project described by others as 'neofunctionalism', 'regional integration', and 'soft constructivism', which animated Haas throughout his career. Beyond the Nation-State continues to provide valuable guidelines for describing and understanding contemporary IR, and is re-issued with a new introduction by Peter M. Haas, John G. Ruggie, Philippe Schmitter and Antje Wiener, placing this important work in a current context. |
