ABSTRACT
Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach have made a significant contribution to our contemporary understanding of global politics. This collection contains some of their classic essays and many unpublished articles which have been edited into a coherent and stimulating collection.
Subjects covered include:
- Theory and method in global politics
- The role of values and the postmodern challenge
- The complex roles of actors in global politics
- 9/11 and its aftermath
- The changing nature of war
- US unilateralism, hegemony and empire.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|9 pages
Introduction
chapter |7 pages
The Principal Puzzle (2008)
part II|72 pages
Making the Quest Less Elusive: Theory and Global Politics
chapter 1|22 pages
Between Celebration and Despair
Constructive suggestions for future international theory (1991)
chapter 2|16 pages
Values and Paradigm Change in Global Politics (1988, 2003)
chapter 4|19 pages
Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Global Politics
Promise and pitfalls (2008)
part III|77 pages
The Complex Universe of Actors in Global Politics
chapter 5|19 pages
The Web of World Politics (1976)
chapter 8|21 pages
The Past as Prelude to the Future?
Identities and loyalties in global politics (1996)
part IV|73 pages
Toward a Post-international World
chapter 9|19 pages
Beyond International Relations to Global Politics
Overlapping political space, shifting boundaries, and revised authority structures (2008)
