Analysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change. The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.

Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world society and to generate theoretically informed insights on the possibilities and limits of regulation in global governance. The authors develop a Luhmannian theory of world society by contrasting it with competing notions of international society, critically discussing the use of modern systems theory in international relations theory and assessing its treatment of central concepts within international relations, such as power, sovereignty, governance and war.

Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world society and to generate theoretically informed insights on the possibilities and limits of regulation in global governance.
The authors develop a Luhmannian theory of world society by contrasting it with competing notions of international society, critically discussing the use of modern systems theory in international relations theory and assessing its treatment of central concepts within international relations, such as power, sovereignty, governance and war.

Analysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change. The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.

How can we understand long-term change in world politics better? Based on readings of thinkers as diverse as Habermas, Foucault and Luhmann, the contributors to this volume propose a framework for understanding such change in terms of social evolution. They show that processes of social learning and unlearning are key to understanding the long-term historical evolution of complex societies, and propose to approach these with the core concepts of autonomization, hierarchical complexity, and co-evolution. Four case studies illustrate this social evolutionary perspective to the study of world politics, examining the evolution of forms of organizing political authority, of conflicts, of diplomacy, of law as boundary condition.

In this book, Mathias Albert develops an ambitious theoretical framework that describes world politics as a specific social system set within the wider political system of world society. Albert's analysis of the historical evolution and contemporary form of world politics takes the theory of social differentiation as its starting point. World politics is a specific, relatively recent form of politics and Albert shows how the development of a distinct system of world politics first began during the long nineteenth century. The book goes on to identify the different forms of social differentiation that underlie the variety of contemporary forms of organizing political authority in world politics. Employing sociological and historical perspectives, A Theory of World Politics also reflects critically on its relation to accounts of world politics in the field of international relations and will appeal to a wide readership in a range of fields.

Functional differentiation has long been at the heart of sociological thought, and as such has become a defining feature in the evolution of modern society; one which distinguishes it from pre-modern societies which have instead typically differentiated by means of segmentation, or stratified social systems such as class. Drawing on the latest developments on differentiation theory in international relations and sociology, this book brings together contributions from leading IR scholars and sociological theorists to offer a unique interdisciplinary synthesis in which contemporary world politics is discussed as a differentiated social realm. Bringing Sociology to International Relations is an illuminating and innovative new resource for scholars and students which strives to respond to a significant question across all its chapters: what happens when this well-established sociological theoretical framework is transposed from the domestic level, for which it was originally designed, to the larger and more complex subject of international relations?

It is generally assumed that regional integration leads to stability and peace. This book is the first systematic study of the impact of European integration on the transformation of border conflicts. It provides a theoretical framework centred on four 'pathways' of impact and applies them to five cases of border conflicts: Cyprus, Ireland, Greece/Turkey, Israel/Palestine and various conflicts on Russia's border with the EU. The contributors suggest that integration and association provide the EU with potentially powerful means to influence border conflicts, but that the EU must constantly re-adjust its policies depending on the dynamics of each conflict. Their findings reveal the conditions upon which the impact of integration rests and challenge the widespread notion that integration is necessarily good for peace. This book will appeal to scholars and students of international relations, European politics, and security studies studying European integration and conflict analysis.

It is generally assumed that regional integration leads to stability and peace. This book is the first systematic study of the impact of European integration on the transformation of border conflicts. It provides a theoretical framework centred on four 'pathways' of impact and applies them to five cases of border conflicts: Cyprus, Ireland, Greece/Turkey, Israel/Palestine and various conflicts on Russia's border with the EU. The contributors suggest that integration and association provide the EU with potentially powerful means to influence border conflicts, but that the EU must constantly re-adjust its policies depending on the dynamics of each conflict. Their findings reveal the conditions upon which the impact of integration rests and challenge the widespread notion that integration is necessarily good for peace. This book will appeal to scholars and students of international relations, European politics, and security studies studying European integration and conflict analysis.

In this book, Mathias Albert develops an ambitious theoretical framework that describes world politics as a specific social system set within the wider political system of world society. Albert's analysis of the historical evolution and contemporary form of world politics takes the theory of social differentiation as its starting point. World politics is a specific, relatively recent form of politics and Albert shows how the development of a distinct system of world politics first began during the long nineteenth century. The book goes on to identify the different forms of social differentiation that underlie the variety of contemporary forms of organizing political authority in world politics. Employing sociological and historical perspectives, A Theory of World Politics also reflects critically on its relation to accounts of world politics in the field of international relations and will appeal to a wide readership in a range of fields.

Functional differentiation has long been at the heart of sociological thought, and as such has become a defining feature in the evolution of modern society; one which distinguishes it from pre-modern societies which have instead typically differentiated by means of segmentation, or stratified social systems such as class. Drawing on the latest developments on differentiation theory in international relations and sociology, this book brings together contributions from leading IR scholars and sociological theorists to offer a unique interdisciplinary synthesis in which contemporary world politics is discussed as a differentiated social realm. Bringing Sociology to International Relations is an illuminating and innovative new resource for scholars and students which strives to respond to a significant question across all its chapters: what happens when this well-established sociological theoretical framework is transposed from the domestic level, for which it was originally designed, to the larger and more complex subject of international relations?

The "global" is permanently made and remade by how it is envisioned in political projects, in language, and in literature. Through a range of case studies, this book shows how practices of referring to the world actually constitute the global in its many facets. It aims to provide a sense in readers of how the global is not something "out there", but that it is embedded in a wide range of the seemingly "everyday". The contributions appeal to a readership from a background in Sociology, History, Political Science, Literary Studies, and Social Work.

Informed by current debates in social theory, Identities, Borders, Orders brings together a multinational group of respected scholars to seek and encourage imaginative adaptations and recombinations of concepts, theories, and perspectives across disciplinary lines. These contributors take up a variety of substantive, theoretical, and normative issues such as migration, nationalism, citizenship, human rights, democracy, and security. Together, their essays contribute significantly to our understanding of sovereignty, national identity, and borders.

This book assesses the impact of the work of Chris Brown in the field of International Political Theory. The volume engages with general issues of IPT as well as basic issues such as the use and role of practical reasoning and presents a nuanced understanding about issues regarding the legitimacy of war and violence. It explores questions that pertain to human rights, morality, and ethics, and generally an outlook for devising a 'better' world. The project is ideal for audiences with interest in International Relations, Ethics and Morality Studies and International Political Theory.

This book assesses the impact of the work of Chris Brown in the field of International Political Theory. The volume engages with general issues of IPT as well as basic issues such as the use and role of practical reasoning and presents a nuanced understanding about issues regarding the legitimacy of war and violence. It explores questions that pertain to human rights, morality, and ethics, and generally an outlook for devising a 'better' world. The project is ideal for audiences with interest in International Relations, Ethics and Morality Studies and International Political Theory.

Der Band setzt sich mit den Bedingungen und Moeglichkeiten internationalen oder globalen Regierens in einer sozialen Umwelt (Weltgesellschaft) unter drei Perspektiven auseinander: der Perspektive von Theorien globaler Ordnung, der Perspektive spezifischer Formen globaler Ordnungsbildung und der Perspektive die Normativitat globaler Ordnung. Die Beitrage des Bandes besetzen Schnittstellen in einer Reihe von Diskussionen, die in den Internationalen Beziehungen zu Ordnung und Ordnungsbildung in der internationalen Politik, zum Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates, sowie zur Stellung internationaler Politik in der Weltgesellschaft gefuhrt werden.

Das vorliegende Buch behandelt umfassend Theorie und Praxis der Walzlagertechnik und verknupft dabei von Anfang an die theoretische Basis mit den praktischen Anwendungen. Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Walzlagertechnik sind sehr vielschichtig, und es bestehen intensive Wechselbeziehungen zwischen dem Walzlager und seiner Peripherie. Auf dem Ergebnis dieser Beziehungen beruht die Zuverlassigkeit des Lagers. Um diese Zuverlassigkeit beurteilen und ausnutzen zu koennen, muss der Konstrukteur ein bestimmtes Mass an walzlagertechnischem Wissen beherrschen. Das Buch bietet, in geschlossene Informationsbloecke gegliedert, wertfreie Gestaltungsunterlagen. Solche Unterlagen liessen sich allenfalls auch aus verschiedenen Herstellerhandbuchern zusammenstellen, waren dann jedoch keinesfalls wertfrei. Deshalb enthalt das Buch auch nicht die gewohnte herstellerspezifischen Produkt-Tafeln, wie sie jeder Hersteller gerne zur Verfugung stellt. Die Gliederung des Stoffes in Entwicklung, Funktionserfullung, Lagerwahl und Peripheriegestaltung, Ein- und Ausbau, Wartung, Schaden und ihre Verhutung, Qualitatssicherung, Standardisierung und Normung, Fertigungstechnologie, Forschungs- und Entwicklungstrend (Beispiele), wird dazu beitragen, das Buch zu einer wertvollen Arbeitshilfe zu machen. Die theoretischen Teile der einzelnen Abschnitte dienen in schwierigen Anwendungsfallen dazu, die Grundlagen der praktischen Walzlagertechnik naher zu erklaren. Weitergehenden mathematischen Ableitungen kann der Forscher in dem umfangreichen Literaturverzeichnis nachspuren. Damit ist das Buch sehr wohl auch fur Dozenten und Studenten geeignet.

In diesem Buch findet sich mit den Begriffen von Weltstaat und Weltstaatlichkeit ein anregendes Potenzial zur systematischen Beobachtung globaler politisch-rechtlicher Strukturbildung, welches die bisher eher fragmentarisch bleibenden Beobachtungsmoglichkeiten der bekannten Ansatze von Globalisierung und Global Governance grundlegend erweitert.
Mit Beitragen von Mathias Albert, Rudolf Stichweh, Andreas Fischer-Lescano und Gunther Teubner, Hauke Brunkhorst, Andreas Niederberger, Helmut Willke, Lothar Brock und Lutz Leisering."

von Lothar Brock Wer dieses Buch zur Hand nimmt, sollte sich einen Autor vorstellen, der einer Gruppe hartgesottener Geschaftsleute aus der Wuste von New Mexico morgens um sieben mit charmanter Leichtigkeit und sparlichen, aber Verbindung stiftenden Gesten einen Vortrag uber die EU als einer vorgestellten Gemeinschaft halt und dafur uberschwenglich gefeiert wird. Oder einen Theoretiker mit verbluffend praktischen Kenntnissen uber Hohenmedizin und der unter bestimmten Umstanden lebensrettenden Fahigkeit, panischen Berggefahrten den Anblick der Tiefe ertraglich zu machen. Oder den lead-Sanger einer ziemlich professionellen Musikgruppe, die sich die offentliche Pflege des Liedgutes der Rolling Stones zur Aufgabe gemacht hat und als Meister der Reproduktion die Bewunderer des Originals in Taumel versetzt - von Stockholm bis OfIenbach. Auf keinen Fall aber sollte man sich einen Autor vorstellen wie man ihn sich vorstellt, wenn man dieses Buch zur Hand nimmt. Oder doch? Doch Es konnte ja sein, dass jemand dieses Buch nicht nur als lohnende Strapaze erlebt, sondern auch als Vergnugen, wenn er erst einmal uber den Untertitel hinweggekommen ist. Zur Sache: , Fallen der Welt-Ordnung" - die Fallen oder das Fallen? Das Thema verrat es nicht; denn zwischen Moderne und Postmoderne ist ein weites Feld, auf dem alles mogliche passieren kann. Worum also geht es? Mathias Albert versteht das Arbeitsgebiet der Internationalen Beziehungen (also der Lehre und Forschung uber diesen Gegenstandsbereich) als jenen Teilbereich der Sozialwissenschaften, der sich mit der Weltordnung befasst."

Functional differentiation has long been at the heart of sociological thought, and as such has become a defining feature in the evolution of modern society; one which distinguishes it from pre-modern societies which have instead typically differentiated by means of segmentation, or stratified social systems such as class. Drawing on the latest developments on differentiation theory in international relations and sociology, this book brings together contributions from leading IR scholars and sociological theorists to offer a unique interdisciplinary synthesis in which contemporary world politics is discussed as a differentiated social realm. Bringing Sociology to International Relations is an illuminating and innovative new resource for scholars and students which strives to respond to a significant question across all its chapters: what happens when this well-established sociological theoretical framework is transposed from the domestic level, for which it was originally designed, to the larger and more complex subject of international relations?

From a decidedly multidisciplinary perspective, the articles in "Transnational Political Spaces" address the notion that political space is no longer fully congruent with national borders. Instead there are areas called transnational political spaces--caused by factors such as migration and social transformation--where policy occurs oblivious to national pressure. Organized into three sections--transnational actors, transnational spaces, and critical encounters--this volume explains how these spaces are formed and defined and how they can be traced and conceptualized.