{"product_id":"representants-and-international-orders-the-staging-of-political-authority-hardback-9781009575812","title":"Representants and International Orders; The Staging of Political Authority (Hardback) 9781009575812","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRepresentants and International Orders\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Staging of Political Authority\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTraces how political authority is visualised over centuries of European history and the impact these visualisations have on international order.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlena Drieschova (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009575812, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Across time and space, practitioners work from a variety of social artifacts that stand in for and inscribe the international system, from maps to rankings through architecture. In a brilliant combination of practice theory and historical approach, Drieschova's path-breaking analysis throws much needed light on the politics of these 'representants' in constituting changing forms of political authority and power constellations.' Vincent Pouliot, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDifferent units of international politics, such as states or the church, cannot be present in their entirety during international interactions. Political rule needs to be represented for international actors to coordinate their activities. Representants (i.e. maps, GDP, buildings, and diplomatic and warfare practices) establish collective understandings about the nature of authority and its configuration. Whilst representants are not exact replica, they highlight and omit certain features from the units they stand in for. In these inclusions and exclusions lies representants' irreducible effect. This book studies how representants define the units of the international system and position them in relation to each other, thereby generating an international order. When existing representants change, the international order changes because the units are defined differently and stand in different relations to each other. Power is therefore defined differently. Spanning centuries of European history, Alena Drieschova traces the struggles between actors over these representations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stability and change of international orders\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Introduction: from universal monarchy to territorial balance of power\u003cbr\u003e 3. Monarchia universalis: from ordering principle to threat of order\u003cbr\u003e 4. From international hierarchy to balance of power\u003cbr\u003e 5. Territory as a power resource\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 6. Liberal governance and its contestation in the European Union\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Field notes\u003cbr\u003e Interviews\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415663833368,"sku":"9781009575812","price":93.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009575812i.jpg?v=1784420921","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/representants-and-international-orders-the-staging-of-political-authority-hardback-9781009575812","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}