International institutions in world history : divorcing international relations theory from the state and stage models / / Laust Schouenborg

• Autore: Schouenborg Laust
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 341.2
• Soggetto topico: International agencies; International relations; Social institutions
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. The argument in the context of IR theory -- 3. The argument in the context of anthropology, archaeology and historical sociology -- 4. Principles of legitimacy and membership -- 5. Regulating conflicts -- 6. Trade -- 7. Governance -- 8. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a case for a basic reorientation of International Relations away from the state and towards the study of social institutions in the sense of patterned practices, ideas and norms/rules. IR has always suffered from a parochial occupation with the state and the Western system of state. Its main theories revolve around these phenomena, and have resulted in the reification of the state: it has been turned into an essential actor, with certain immutable and fundamental properties that remain constant throughout time. A list of these properties usually includes territorial limits, centralisation, monopolisation of violence and exclusive loyalties. International Institutions in World History shows how the state is an inherently modern phenomenon, a modern social institution, and that foundational concepts in IR should be based on a full appreciation of the wider record of human existence on earth, trans-historically and cross-culturally. Schouenborg argues that these social institutions may be captured via a universal functional typology consisting of four categories: legitimacy and membership; regulating conflicts; trade; and governance. The book will be of interest to scholars and students within IR (particularly IR theory), anthropology, archaeology and sociology, and those interested in general social theory.
• Titolo autorizzato: International institutions in world history
• ISBN: 1-315-40989-5; 1-315-40988-7; 1-315-40987-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155121503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Worlding beyond the West.