Heterarchy in world politics / edited by Philip G. Cerny.
| Other author | Cerny, Philip G., 1946- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Heterarchy : toward paradigm shift in world politics / Philip G. Cerny -- From postinternationalism to heterarchy : turbulence and distance proximities in a world of globalization and fragmentation / Dana-Marie Ramjit -- Heterarchy and social theory / Carole L. Crumley -- New medievalism (re)appraised : framing heterarchy in world politics / Aleksandra Spali¿„ska -- From empire to heterarchy / Gita Subrahmanyam -- Heterarchy and state transformation / Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri -- Political power in a heterarchical world : a categorization of extra-state authorities / Rosalba Belmonte -- Globalization, heterarchy, and the persistence of anomie / Alexandre Bohas and Michael J. Morley -- Nationalism, capitalism and heterarchy : continuity and change in the 21st century world order / Peter Rutland -- Heterarchy and the limits of global governance / Philip G. Cerny -- Metropolitan diplomacy : global metropolitan law and global cities seen from the heterarchy perspective / M♯ƒd♯ƒlina Virginia Antonescu -- Heterarchy in an age of intangibles and financialization / Philip G. Cerny -- WTO dispute settlement and the appellate body crisis as a case study of heterarchy / Judit Fabian -- Heterarchy and global environmental change / Gabriela K©ơtting -- Heterarchy and global internet governance : the case of ICANN / Hortense Jongen -- Heterarchy in the Mexican competition network : the case of COFECE and IFC / Alejandra Salas Porras -- Heterarchy in Russia : paradoxes of power / Richard Sakwa. |
| Abstract | "Heterarchy in World Politics challenges the fundamental framing of international relations and world politics. IR theory has always been dominated by the presumption that world politics is, at its core, a system of states. However, this has always been problematic, challengeable, time-bound, and increasingly anachronistic. In the 21st century, world politics is becoming increasingly multi-nodal and characterized by "heterarchy" - the coexistence and conflict between differently structured micro- and meso quasi-hierarchies that compete and overlap not only across borders but also across economic-financial sectors and social groupings. Thinking about international order in terms of heterarchy is a paradigm shift away from the mainstream "competing paradigms" of realism, liberalism, and constructivism. This book explores how, since the mid-20th century, the dialectic of globalization and fragmentation has caught states and the interstate system in the complex evolutionary process toward heterarchy. These heterarchical institutions and processes are characterized by increasing autonomy and special interest capture. The process of heterarchy empowers strategically situated agents - especially agents with substantial autonomous resources, and in particular economic resources - in multi-nodal competing institutions with overlapping jurisdictions. The result is the decreasing capacity of macro-states to control both domestic and transnational political/economic processes. In this book, the authors demonstrate that this is not a simple breakdown of states and the states system; it is in fact the early stages of a structural evolution of world politics. This book will interest students, scholars and researchers of international relations theory. It will also have significant appeal in the fields of world politics, security studies, war studies, peace studies, global governance studies, political science, political economy, political power studies, and the social sciences more generally"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Heterarchy in world politics London ; New York : Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032398754 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022036673 |
| ISBN | 9781003352617 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |