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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810375503321

Titolo

Bringing sociology to international relations : world politics as differentiation theory  / / edited by Mathias Albert, Barry Buzan and Michael Zürn [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-89288-6

1-107-42479-8

1-107-42277-9

1-107-41964-6

1-107-52177-7

1-107-42084-9

1-107-41708-2

1-139-85604-9

1-107-41833-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

327.101

Soggetti

International relations - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Sociological perspectives -- part II. On the differentiated structure of the international system -- part III. On the interplay of (global) function systems.

Sommario/riassunto

Functional differentiation has long been at the heart of sociological thought, and as such has become a defining feature in the evolution of modern society; one which distinguishes it from pre-modern societies which have instead typically differentiated by means of segmentation, or stratified social systems such as class. Drawing on the latest developments on differentiation theory in international relations and sociology, this book brings together contributions from leading IR scholars and sociological theorists to offer a unique interdisciplinary synthesis in which contemporary world politics is discussed as a differentiated social realm. Bringing Sociology to International Relations



is an illuminating and innovative new resource for scholars and students which strives to respond to a significant question across all its chapters: what happens when this well-established sociological theoretical framework is transposed from the domestic level, for which it was originally designed, to the larger and more complex subject of international relations?