The Study of World Politics is two volume set that presents thirty-nine essays of some two hundred essays authored by Professor James Rosenau, a renowned international political theorist. They include both articles recently published and those that have not previously been published. All of them focus on the theme of the study of world politics, with the twenty-three articles in this volume devoted to probing theoretical and methodological challenges. This volume is divided into five parts and address such issues as: the challenge of world politics the professional political scientist methods concepts and theories the analysis of foreign policy. Included in this collection is perhaps James Rosenau’s most widely-read essay, ‘Pre-Theories and Theories of Foreign Policy’ as well as several essays that articulate various dimensions of global governance and how they are shaped by the dynamics of globalization. These articles are marked by unique and imaginative formulations which break with a number of conventional approaches employed in the fields of international relations and foreign policy. The Study of World Politics provides the reader with access for the first time to a collection of James Rosenau’s outstanding scholarship, making this an invaluable book to students and academics with interests in politics.
Author(s): James N. Rosenau
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 320
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 12
Part I The Challenge......Page 16
2 The future of Politics......Page 18
3 Building blocks of a new paradigm for studying world politics......Page 22
4 Rigid boundaries......Page 31
5 Powerfull tendencies, startling duscrepancies, and elusive dynamics......Page 37
6 Political science and political processes......Page 45
Part II The Professional......Page 58
7 The birth of a political scientist......Page 60
8 Intellectual identity and the study of international relations, or coming to terms with mathematics as tool of inquiry......Page 64
9 Courage versus caution......Page 70
Part III Methods......Page 90
10 Comparison is a state of mind......Page 92
11 CFP and IPE......Page 95
Part IV Concepts and Theories......Page 106
12 The theoretical impreative......Page 108
13 Many damn things simultaneously – at least for awhile......Page 118
14 Muddling, meddling, and modeling......Page 131
15 Territorial affiliations and emergent roles......Page 144
16 Capabilities and control in an interdependent world......Page 151
17 The skill revolution as a dynamic process......Page 165
18 Generational change and Internet literacy......Page 170
Part V The analysis of foreign policy......Page 180
19 Pre-theories and theories of foreign policy......Page 182
20 Pre-theorizing about foreign policy in a globalized world......Page 211
21 China in a bifurcated world......Page 217
22 Toward single-country theories of foreign policy......Page 240
23 National interest......Page 257
Notes......Page 266
Index of subjects......Page 292
Index of authors......Page 308
