International Systems in World History: Remaking the Study of International Relations / Edition 1

by Barry Buzan, Richard Little

Overview

This book tells the story of mankind's evolution from a scattering of hunter-gatherer bands to today's integrated global international political economy. Seeking to emulate and challenge the cross-disciplinary influence of the world systems model, the book recasts the study of international relations into a macro-historical perspective, shows how its core concepts work across time, and sets out a new theoretical agenda and a new intellectual role for the discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198780656
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/22/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	9.72(w) x 6.66(h) x 1.01(d)

About the Author

Barry Buzan is Research Professor of International Studies at the University of Westminster and Project Director of the European Security Group at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. Prior to this he was Professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick. He has been visiting professor at the International University of Japan and has also been an Olof Palme visiting professor and adviser on foreign affairs to the Swedish government. He is the author of numerous books on International Relations and from 1988-90 was the Chairman of the British International Studies Association.

Richard Little is Professor of International Politics in the Department of Politics at the University of Bristol. Before this he was at the Open University and Lancaster University and has held fellowships at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and the Australian National University. He was editor of the Review of International Studies from 1990-94 and is currently Vice Chair of the B

Table of Contents

Part I: International Systems, World History, and International Relations TheoryChapter 1 Systems, History, Theory and the Study of International RelationsChapter 2 Competing Conceptions of the International SystemChapter 3 Systemic Thinking in World HistoryChapter 4 The Theoretical Toolkit of this BookChapter 5 Establishing Criteria for International SystemsPart II: Systems in Pre-International World HistoryChapter 6 The Origins of Pre-International SystemsChapter7 The Transition from Pre-International to International SystemsPart III: The Rise and Interlinkage of Multiple International Systems in the Ancient and Classical WorldChapter 8 The New Units: City States, Empires and Barbarians as the Main Actors of the Ancient and Classical WorldChapter 9 Interaction CapacityChapter 10 ProcessChapter 11 StructurePart IV: The Establishment and Evolution of a Global International SystemChapter 12 UnitsChapter 13 Interaction CapacityChapter 14 ProcessChapter 15 StructurePart V: Speculations, Assessments, ReflectionsChapter 17 What World History tells us about International Relations TheoryChapter 18 What International Relations Theory tells us about World HistoryChapter 19 Reflections