Order and Disorder in the International SystemSai Felicia Krishna-Hensel An examination of the complex international system of the twenty-first century from a variety of perspectives. Proceeding from critical theoretical perspectives and incorporating case studies, the chapters focus on broad trends as well as micro-realities of a Post-Westphalian international system. The volume demonstrates that re-thinking fundamental assumptions as well as theoretical and methodological premises is central to understanding the dynamics of interdependence. |
Contents
Technology Change and the International System | 5 |
Shaping the World Order by Force | 25 |
Actors and Tools in the PostWestphalian World The Targeted Sanctions of the European Union | 53 |
International Order and Global Leadership | 79 |
One World Many Orders? | 97 |
State Failure in the Contemporary International System New Trends New Threats | 115 |
NATOs First Mission to Africa Darfur | 131 |
Between Shadows and Hopes Discursive Representations of Female Suicide Bombings and the Global Order | 149 |
Burying Sovereignty in its Birthplace Back to the Middle Ages | 171 |
Epilogue | 183 |
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