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oapen-20.500.12657-307862024-03-25T09:51:41Z Nomads, Empires, States van der Pijl, Kees Political Science Political Economy Foreign Policy Geopolitics World History Nationstate Eurocentrism Nomad thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations This book breaks new ground in the way we think about international relations theory. Kees van der Pijl argues that by making the "nation-state" the focus of international relations, the discipline has become Euro-centric and a-historical. Theories of imperialism and historic civilisations, and their relation to world order, have been discarded. With more than half the world's population living in cities, with unprecedented levels of migration, global politics is present on every street corner. The "international" is no longer only a balance of power among states, but includes tribal relations making a comeback in various ways. Outlining a new approach to IR theory, the book makes a case for a re-reading of world history in terms of foreign relations, and shows what it reveals about both our past and our future. 2018-01-24 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:13:07Z 2020-04-01T13:13:07Z 2007-10-20 book 642716 OCN: 742516293 9781849643412 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30786 eng application/pdf n/a 642716.pdf Pluto Press 10.2307/j.ctt18fs90b 100882 10.2307/j.ctt18fs90b e7b13f6b-a18c-4c0b-97b8-d1891104b9c4 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781849643412 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100882 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This book breaks new ground in the way we think about international relations theory.
Kees van der Pijl argues that by making the "nation-state" the focus of international relations, the discipline has become Euro-centric and a-historical. Theories of imperialism and historic civilisations, and their relation to world order, have been discarded. With more than half the world's population living in cities, with unprecedented levels of migration, global politics is present on every street corner. The "international" is no longer only a balance of power among states, but includes tribal relations making a comeback in various ways.
Outlining a new approach to IR theory, the book makes a case for a re-reading of world history in terms of foreign relations, and shows what it reveals about both our past and our future.
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