Globalization, Security, and the Nation State: Paradigms in Transition

by Ersel Aydinli (Editor), James N. Rosenau (Editor)

Overview

This volume studies the links among the concepts of globalization, security, and the authority of the nation state, drawing attention to why and how these three concepts are interrelated and why they should be studied together. Contributors explore the connections between security and global transformations, and the corresponding or resulting changes in state structures that emerge. Probing and extending existing paradigms, the book offers three regional cases studies: the periphery states of the Middle East and North Africa, the second world states of the Russian Federation, and the core states of the European Union. It concludes with three chapters that synthesize the above themes to identify corresponding changes in the patterns of international politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791483480
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	02/01/2012
Series:	SUNY series in Global Politics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	290
File size:	548 KB

About the Author

Ersel Aydinli is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University in Turkey. James N. Rosenau is University Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University. He is the author and editor of many books, including Distant Proximities: Dynamics beyond Globalization and Thinking Theory Thoroughly: Coherent Approaches to an Incoherent World, Second Edition (coauthored with Mary Durfee).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
JAMES N. ROSENAU AND ERSEL AYDINLI

Part I: Reconceptualizing Security
1. Security in the Age of Globalization: Separating Appearance from Reality
MOHAMMED AYOOB
2. Two Terrors, One Problem
KEN BOOTH
3. The National Security State and Global Terrorism: Why the State Is Not Prepared for the New Kind of War
T. V. PAUL

Part II: State Transformations and Responses
4. The Rise of the Trading State Revisited
MARK R. BRAWLEY
5. State Transformation and New Security Dilemmas
GEORG SØRENSEN
6. Anarchy Meets Globalization: A New Security Dilemma for the Modernizing State
ERSEL AYDINLI

Part III: Regional Reflections
7. Global Challenges to Russia’s National Security: Any Chances for Resisting/Bandwagoning/Adapting/ Contributing to an Emerging World Order?
ALEXANDER SERGOUNIN
8. Globalization and (In)Security in AMENA: A Contextual Double-pronged Analysis
BAHGAT KORANY
9. The Constellation of Securities in Europe
OLE WÆVER

Part IV: Emerging International Patterns
10. The Security Dynamics of a 1 + 4 World
BARRY BUZAN
11. Prospects for a New World Order
DAVID GOLDFISCHER
12. Turbulence and Terrorism: Reframing or Readjusting the Model?
JAMES N. ROSENAU

Conclusion: Seeking Conceptual Links for Changing Paradigms
ERSEL AYDINLI

Bibliography
Contributors
Books in Series in Global Politics
Index