{"product_id":"systems-relations-and-the-structures-of-international-societies-paperback-softback-9781009355209","title":"Systems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009355209","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSystems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues that systems approaches are necessary in order to identify and understand important features of the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack Donnelly (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009355209, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e484 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.5 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'At last: a book about international societies as a genus, a book that starts with wholes as parts of wholes, a book that makes sense of levels and layers, a book that fearlessly dispatches Waltz's structuralism for good. A relentlessly systematic, dauntingly detailed book for the ages.' Nicholas Onuf, Professor Emeritus, Florida International University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eInspired by recent work in evolutionary, developmental, and systems biology, Systems, Relations, and the Structures of International Societies sketches a robust conception of systems that grounds a new conception of levels (of organization, not merely analysis). Understanding international systems as multi-level multi-actor complex adaptive systems allows explanations of important features of the world that are inaccessible to dominant causal and rationalist explanatory strategies. It also develops a comprehensive critique of IR's dominant conception of systems and structures (narrow, rigid, and unfruitful); presents a novel conception of the interrelationship of the social production of continuities and the social production of change; and sketches models of spatio-political structure that cast new light on the development of international systems, including a distinctive account of the nature of globalization.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Systems, Relations, Levels, and Explanations: Foundations For Systemic\/Relational IR: 1. Systems and relations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Complex adaptive systems\u003cbr\u003e 3. From levels of analysis to levels of organization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Systems, causes, and theory: explanatory pluralism in IR\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Waltzian Structural Theory: A Post-Mortem: 5. Structural theory\u003cbr\u003e 6. Anarchy\u003cbr\u003e 7. The tripartite conception of structure\u003cbr\u003e 8. Functional differentiation and distribution of capabilities\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ordering principles\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Systems, Relations, and Processes: Reframing Systemic International Theory\u003cbr\u003e Section A. Differentiation and Continuous (Trans)Formation: 10. Relations, processes, and systems\u003cbr\u003e 11. Multiple dimensions of differentiation in assembled international systems\u003cbr\u003e 12. Continuous (trans)formation: producing social continuity and social change\u003cbr\u003e 13. Life sciences and social sciences: co-evolving complex adaptive systems\u003cbr\u003e Section B. Four Excursions in Relational\/Systemic IR: 14. Normative-institutional differentiation\u003cbr\u003e 15. Vertical differentiation: stratification and hierarchy in international systems\u003cbr\u003e 16. Levels, centers, and peripheries: spatio-political structures\u003cbr\u003e 17. Continuous (trans)formation of eurocentric political systems (c. 1225 – c. 2025)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Afterword: multiple approaches to multidimensional systems of relations.\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":52472130175256,"sku":"9781009355209","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009355209i.jpg?v=1785718476","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/systems-relations-and-the-structures-of-international-societies-paperback-softback-9781009355209","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}