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Critical theory and world politics : citizenship, sovereignty and humanity / Andrew Linklater.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007Description: viii, 240 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415399297
  • 9780415399296
  • 0415399300
  • 9780415399302
Other title:
  • Citizenship, sovereignty and humanity
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.101 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ1320.4 .L56 2007
Contents:
Part 1. The Problem of Community -- 1. "Men and Citizens" in International Relations -- 2. The Problem of Community in International Relations -- 3. The Achievements of Critical Theory -- Part 2. The Problem of Citizenship -- 4. What is a Good International Citizen? -- 5. The Good International Citizen and the Kosovo Crisis -- 6. Citizenship and Sovereignty in the Post-Westphalian State -- 7. Cosmopolitan Citizenship -- Part 3. The Problem of Harm -- 8. Citizenship, Humanity and Cosmopolitan Harm Conventions -- 9. The Problem of Harm in World Politics: Implications for the Sociology of States-Systems -- 10. Norbert Elias, the Civilizing Process and International Relations -- 11. Towards a Sociology of Global Morals with an Emancipatory Intent.
Summary: "Andrew Linklater has been one of the most innovative thinkers in international relations, introducing critical and ethical elements into the discipline which has forced it to rethink many of its basic assumptions. This book builds on this body of work to develop a radical new theory that calls for a cosmopolitan approach to international relations. Key subjects covered in the book include:citizenship and humanitycritical theory and political communitythe problem of harm the sociology of states-systems.Critical International Relations Theory is essential reading for students and scholars of international relations, politics and international relations theory."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.

Part 1. The Problem of Community -- 1. "Men and Citizens" in International Relations -- 2. The Problem of Community in International Relations -- 3. The Achievements of Critical Theory -- Part 2. The Problem of Citizenship -- 4. What is a Good International Citizen? -- 5. The Good International Citizen and the Kosovo Crisis -- 6. Citizenship and Sovereignty in the Post-Westphalian State -- 7. Cosmopolitan Citizenship -- Part 3. The Problem of Harm -- 8. Citizenship, Humanity and Cosmopolitan Harm Conventions -- 9. The Problem of Harm in World Politics: Implications for the Sociology of States-Systems -- 10. Norbert Elias, the Civilizing Process and International Relations -- 11. Towards a Sociology of Global Morals with an Emancipatory Intent.

"Andrew Linklater has been one of the most innovative thinkers in international relations, introducing critical and ethical elements into the discipline which has forced it to rethink many of its basic assumptions. This book builds on this body of work to develop a radical new theory that calls for a cosmopolitan approach to international relations. Key subjects covered in the book include:citizenship and humanitycritical theory and political communitythe problem of harm the sociology of states-systems.Critical International Relations Theory is essential reading for students and scholars of international relations, politics and international relations theory."--Publisher description.

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