Future states : from international to global political order / Stephen Paul Haigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haigh, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalization consists of an interlocking array of political, economic, social, and cultural forces that challenge the traditional international order in two key ways. First, states historically had 'hard shells', by means of which they were capable of consolidating differences between 'inside' and 'outside' to the point where the latter could more easily be quarantined. Second, for closely-related reasons they were largely able to 'absorb' domestic society, such that the individual was less a citizen than a subject. But through globalizing processes these (dubious) attributes have been starkl

Contents:

pt. 1. Globalization and the rise of states

pt. 2. Changing aspects of sovereign statehood

pt. 3. Delivering the goods

the neo-medieval embedded cosmopolitan state.

Notes:

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4724-0737-7

1-317-13117-7

1-315-58372-0

1-317-13116-9

1-4094-5757-5

9781315583723

OCLC:

841810058