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Systems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies by Jack Donnelly (2023, Hardcover)

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Systems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies, Hardcover by Donnelly, Jack, ISBN 100935518X, ISBN-13 9781009355186, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Recent work on complex adaptive systems in the natural sciences, and the growing relational turn in the social sciences both reject the 'systems theories' of earlier generations. This book builds on these entities to advance a relational processual approach to the comparative study of historical and contemporary international systems.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10100935518X

ISBN-139781009355186

eBay Product ID (ePID)20061243278

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Book TitleSystems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies

Number of Pages488 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicInternational Relations / General

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science

AuthorJack Donnelly

Book SeriesCambridge Studies in International Relations Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.3 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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LCCN2023-021010

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'In a world marked by cascades of ever more complex interdependence, Jack Donnelly persuasively argues that differentiation, not anarchy, should be central to understanding world order. This book is a masterpiece, melding theoretical innovation with broad historical scope.' Daniel H. Deudney, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

Dewey Decimal327

Table Of ContentPart I. Systems, Relations, Levels, and Explanations: Foundations For Systemic/Relational IR: 1. Systems and relations; 2. Complex adaptive systems; 3. From levels of analysis to levels of organization; 4. Systems, causes, and theory: explanatory pluralism in IR; Part II. Waltzian Structural Theory: A Post-Mortem: 5. Structural theory; 6. Anarchy; 7. The tripartite conception of structure; 8. Functional differentiation and distribution of capabilities; 9. Ordering principles; Part III. Systems, Relations, and Processes: Reframing Systemic International Theory; Section A. Differentiation and Continuous (Trans)Formation: 10. Relations, processes, and systems; 11. Multiple dimensions of differentiation in assembled international systems; 12. Continuous (trans)formation: producing social continuity and social change; 13. Life sciences and social sciences: co-evolving complex adaptive systems; Section B. Four Excursions in Relational/Systemic IR: 14. Normative-institutional differentiation; 15. Vertical differentiation: stratification and hierarchy in international systems; 16. Levels, centers, and peripheries: spatio-political structures; 17. Continuous (trans)formation of eurocentric political systems (c. 1225 - c. 2025); 18. Afterword: multiple approaches to multidimensional systems of relations.

SynopsisRecent work on complex adaptive systems in the natural sciences, and the growing relational turn in the social sciences both reject the 'systems theories' of earlier generations. This book builds on these entities to advance a relational processual approach to the comparative study of historical and contemporary international systems., Inspired by recent work in evolutionary, developmental, and systems biology, Systems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies sketches a robust conception of systems that grounds a new conception of levels (of organization, not merely analysis). Understanding international systems as multi-level multi-actor complex adaptive systems allows explanations of important features of the world that are inaccessible to dominant causal and rationalist explanatory strategies. It also develops a comprehensive critique of IR's dominant conception of systems and structures (narrow, rigid, and unfruitful); presents a novel conception of the interrelationship of the social production of continuities and the social production of change; and sketches models of spatio-political structure that cast new light on the development of international systems, including a distinctive account of the nature of globalization.

LC Classification NumberJZ1318.D66 2024