A liberal world order in crisis : choosing between imposition and restraint / Georg Sørensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sørensen, Georg, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

International relations.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

x, 218 pages ; 25 m

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Sorensen (political science, U. of Aarhus, Denmark) notes that most of the 1990s was a "honeymoon period" for liberal thinking in international affairs and liberal politics--the Cold War had ended in a liberal victory and that triggered visions of sustained liberal democracy, international institutions, the world economy, and values. But in 10 years or less, it became clear that liberal progress was possible in theory but that its foundations were far less solid than most people thought. In his book, he discusses why he remains skeptical that such liberal progress is a relatively simple matter. He contends that such progress is not simply the result of developing good policies, and that deep tensions in liberal principles themselves need to be successfully dealt with. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The debate on world order

Tensions in liberalism : universal values for all or a pluralist world?

Values and liberal world order

A different security dilemma : liberals facing weak and failed states

Free markets for all : the difficulties of maintaining a stable liberal world economy

Institutions and liberal world order

Conclusion : prospects for liberal world order.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801450228

0801450225

OCLC:

717304207