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International Institutions in World History - Divorcing International Relations Theory from the State and Stage Models (Hardcover)
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International Institutions in World History - Divorcing International Relations Theory from the State and Stage Models (Hardcover)
Series: Worlding Beyond the West
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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.
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