New Systems Theories of World Politics

New Systems Theories of World Politicsuses systems theoretical approaches to analyze the structure and dynamics of the international system. Drawing from different systems theoretical traditions, it argues that the system of world politics can be analyzed in a comprehensive fashion by continuing the pioneering work of theorists like Karl Deutsch.

MATHIAS ALBERT is Professor of Political Science, Bielefeld University, Germany.

LARS-ERIK CEDERMAN is Professor of International Conflict Research, ETH Zrich, Switzerland.

ALEXANDER WENDT is Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University, USA.

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Notes on the Contributors	p. ix
Conceptual Overview
Introduction: Systems Theorizing in IR	p. 3
Systems Theory beyond Explaining and Understanding	p. 23
'Modern' Systems Theory
Modern Systems Theory and World Politics	p. 43
Modern Systems Theory and/as Historical Discourse Analysis	p. 69
Process-Theoretical Approaches
Relationalism and New Systems Theory	p. 99
Complexity and Change in World Politics: Resurrecting Systems Theory	p. 127
Understanding System Dynamics: Simple Models of Complexity	p. 158
Analyses of Macrohistorical Processes
The English School as a New Systems Theory of World Politics	p. 195
Differentiation, Rationalization, and Actorhood in New Systems and World Culture Theories	p. 220
War and the Global Spread of the Nation-State	p. 249
Final Reflections and Outlook
Flatland: Quantum Mind and the International Hologram	p. 279
Index	p. 311
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