03559nam 2200505 450 991067825670332120230522180730.03-031-12448-010.1007/978-3-031-12448-8(MiAaPQ)EBC7208132(Au-PeEL)EBL7208132(CKB)26189270400041(DE-He213)978-3-031-12448-8(EXLCZ)992618927040004120230522d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInter-societal dynamics toward a general theory /Jonathan H. Turner and Anthony J. Roberts1st ed. 2023.Cham, Switzerland :Springer Nature Switzerland AG,[2023]©20231 online resource (260 pages)Emerging Globalities and Civilizational Perspectives,2731-0639Print version: Turner, Jonathan H. Inter-Societal Dynamics Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031124471 Includes bibliographical references.Chapter 1: Fundamental Properties of Societies -- Chapter 2: Current Theorizing of Inter-Societal Dynamics: Origins and Critiques -- Chapter 3: Key Ideas for Building a Scientific Theory of Inter-Societal Dynamics -- Chapter 4: Scientific Theorizing of Inter-Societal Dynamics -- Chapter 5: Geo-Political Dynamics -- Chapter 6: Geo-Economic Dynamics -- Chapter 7: Geo-Cultural Dynamics -- Epilogue: Toward a Reorientation of Theorizing Inter-Societal Dynamics.This book by Jonathan Turner and Anthony Roberts proposes a new theoretical approach for explaining the dynamics of inter-societal systems. The authors argue that inter-societal systems have existed since the beginning of human societies and the dynamics of these systems are a fundamental property of the social universe. However, while world-systems analysis has emphasized this latter point, the authors argue the reluctance to theorize complex abstract models and systems of explanatory propositions on the dynamics driving inter-societal systems hinders scientific explanation of inter-societal dynamics. In this context, the authors critically look at contemporary theorizing and review key theories that have been developed to explain geo-economic, geo-political, and geo-cultural dynamics, from the classic period through present-day world-systems analysis and cliometrics. The book summarizes these theories clearly, emphasizing their strengths and weakness, finally developing a theoretical synthesis through new models and propositions on the dynamics of premodern and modern inter-societal systems. Professor Turner’s decades of experience writing theory books for undergraduates have ensured that this book presents abstract ideas clearly and with examples so that students can understand the arguments. This book is a must-read for all social theory researchers, academics, serious undergraduate students, graduate students, and interested laypersons.Emerging Globalities and Civilizational Perspectives,2731-0639Social structureSociologySocial structure.Sociology.301Turner Jonathan H.127799Roberts Anthony J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910678256703321Inter-Societal Dynamics3067756UNINA