The Political Economy of Global Security: War, Future Crises and Changes in Global Governance

by Heikki Patomäki

Overview

Examinies possible futures which is very rare in International Relations, Global Political Economy or Conflict and Peace Research

The book makes a case for a novel vision of future global governance

One of the first books to systematically provide a political economy analysis of security and securitisation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134116232
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2007
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Heikki Patomäki is Professor of International Relations at the University of Helsinki, Finland, as well as Research Professor of Globalisation and Global Institutions at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Global Security: Learning from Possible Futures 3. Explaining the First World War: Learning from Classical Theories of Imperialism 4. The Origins of the First World War: Using Historical Counterfactuals in Constructing Open-System Explanations 5. The Long Downward Wave of the World Economy in the Late 20th Century: Towards a Return of the Past? 6. Global Insecurity in the Early 21st Century: Neoliberalisation and the Rise of New Imperialism 7. Possible Futures A: The Logic of Violence and War Returns to the Core Areas of Global Political Economy 8. Possible Futures B and C: Wars, Crises and Peaceful Transformations of Global Governance 9. Conclusions: Is the Future of Global Security a Tragedy, Farce, or Comedy? Appendix 1: How to Analyse and Help to Solve Global Collective Dilemmas. Appendix 2: Layers of Agency, Structures and Geo-Historical Nodal Points that Explain the First World War