The international order at the beginning of the 21st century/ (Record no. 177248)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9783631559376 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
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| Classification number | 320 |
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| Title | The international order at the beginning of the 21st century/ |
| Sub title | Theoretical considerations |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Riemer, Andrea K |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Frankfurt: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Peter Lang, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 241 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | INTRODUCTION<br/>THE RESEARCH DESIGN<br/>1. RESEARCH FRAMEWORK<br/>1.1. Issuns AND Challenges to Social Sciences and Theories<br/>IN THE current SITUATION<br/>1 .2. Between Dilemmas and Solutions in Social Sciences<br/>2. FINDING A VIA MEDIA AND AN EXIT STRATEGY:<br/>THE 'OTHER' RESEARCH FRAMEWORK.<br/>3. HYPOTHESES,<br/>4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS<br/>5. METHODOLOGY<br/>6. THE KEY RESEARCH TARGETS<br/>7. THE RESEARCH STRUCTURE....<br/>8. VALUE ADDED OF THE RESEARCH WORK<br/>PART A: ORDER ANALYSIS.<br/>1. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, POST-MODERNIST<br/>OVERTURE<br/>1.1. How to approach a compllx social Situation?,<br/>1.2. Thf. International Order: Conceptual Considerations<br/>1.3. The International Girder and International Order<br/>Complexes; Closer to societal Reality?.<br/>1.4. Cascading Interdependence as new Approach to explain<br/>THE Behavior OF THE International Order<br/>2. CHANGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER<br/>2.1. The term'Change*<br/>2.2. How to measure Change?.<br/>2.3. A Taxonomy OF Change<br/>2.4. Sources OF Change<br/>2.5. Change and Forecast: A critical Inventory<br/>2.6. Stability AND Balance<br/>2.7. The Time-Space Calculus as Framework for Change<br/>3. A MATRIX AS A BRIDGE TO UNDERSTAND CHANGE IN<br/>THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ORDER.<br/>3. 1. Levels of Analyses...<br/>3.2. Sectors OF Analyses.<br/>4. SUMMARY ON THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL<br/>ORDER FROM A THEORETICAL POINT OF VIEW.<br/>PART B: ACTORS: TOWARDS A TAXONOMY<br/>1. ACTORS: UNVEILING THE UNKNOWN...<br/>1.1. The Nation State as the sovereign Actor....<br/>1.2. The Modern State..<br/>1.3. The modern State and the Concept of Sovereignty ,<br/>1.4. Reflections Regarding the Post-Modern State of<br/>THE 21" Century..<br/>2. REACTIONS OF THE THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL<br/>RELATIONS: HAS THE CONCEPT OF STATE BECOME<br/>OBSOLETE?...<br/>3. NON-SOVEREIGN ACTORS (NON-STATE ACTORS)<br/>4. CONSEQUENCES FOR THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL<br/>CONSIDERATIONS: TOWARDS A TAXONOMY<br/>4.1. Basic Deliberations..<br/>4.2. Order Complexes; A first Step towards a Taxonomy<br/>4.3. Extended Options: A relation and effect-based Approach:<br/>The US Approach..,<br/>4.4. An Approach for Smaller States<br/>4.5. Network Considerations<br/>5. ACTORS' TAXONOMY OF THE UNDERLYING<br/>RESEARCH WORK..<br/>PART C: THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY:<br/>ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES<br/>1. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.<br/>1.1. Defining 'Security' in the Field of IR ....<br/>1.2. Security, Anarchy and Interdependence in the<br/>International Order<br/>2. EXISTENTIAL POTENTIALS FOR CHANGE: AN OPTION<br/>TO REDUCE COMPLEXITY<br/>2.1. The Key Pillars OF the Concept..<br/>2.2. The Connections between Security and Existential<br/>Potentials for Change<br/>3. THE ^CONCEPT OF SECURITIZATION'.<br/>4. ENHANCING THE APPROACH.<br/>5. SUMMARY.<br/>PART D: POTENTIALS FOR CHANGE<br/>1. BASIC DELIBERATIONS ON THE CURRENT<br/>CHALLENGE AGENDA..<br/>2. TERMS AND TERMINOLOGY...<br/>3. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY<br/>AS KEY DRIVER...<br/>4. INNER CIRCLE TAXONOMY<br/>4.1. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)<br/>4.2. Fundamentalism and Terrorism ,<br/>4.3. Consequences of Globalization<br/>4.4. Weak States AND State Failure.,<br/>5. OUTER CIRCLE TAXONOMY<br/>5.1. Demographic Trends: Population Growth-Overaging--<br/>Migration<br/>5.2. Environment.<br/>5.3. Technological Change<br/>6. EFFECT NETWORKS .<br/>7. THE REGIONAL EFFECTS.<br/>8. ON THE WAY TO A DESCRIPTIVE TAXONOMY OF<br/>POTENTIALS FOR CHANGE....<br/>8.1. The NIC-2020 Global Landscape<br/>8.2. The latest QDR-Challenge Assessment (QDR Strategic<br/>Environment) and its reflection in the NSS 2006.<br/>8.3. Taxonomy of the Potentials for Change in the<br/>underlying Research Work .<br/>9. SUMMARY REGARDING THE CURRENT<br/>INTERNATIONAL ORDER.<br/>PART E: EARLY WARNING (EW) AND<br/>EARLY RESPONSE (ER).<br/>1. WHAT ARE EARLY WARNING (EW) AND EARLY<br/>RESPONSE (ER) ALL ABOUT?.<br/>1.1. Basic Deliberations.<br/>1.2. Terminological Deliberations on EW and ER.<br/>1.3. If everything is Crisis, nothing is Crisis: Un-mingling the<br/>terminological Confusion ..<br/>1.4. Potentials for Change as Basis to arrive at Existential<br/>Challenges ..<br/>1.5. Signals: Theoretical Considerations and practical<br/>Applications.<br/>2. EARLY WARNING APPROACHES<br/>2.1. Basic Deliberations.<br/>2.2. An Overview OF Approaches<br/>3. EARLY RESPONSE APPROACHES<br/>3.1. Basic Deliberations<br/>3.2. Intervention Approaches with preventive Components ....<br/>3.3. Intervention Approaches with mediative Components<br/>3.4. Intervention Approaches with Enforcement Components<br/>3.5. Intervention Approaches for the Post-Conflict Period<br/>4. PRE-EMPTION (PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES;<br/>ANTICIPATORY SELF-DEFENSE)<br/>5. A CRITICAL APPRAISAL<br/>5.1. From the theoretical Point of View<br/>5.2. From the practical Point of View ....<br/>6. REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIONS...<br/>6.1. Theoretical Requirements .<br/>6.2. Practical Requirements<br/>6.3. Summarizing Deliberations<br/>PART F: SYNOPSIS..<br/>1. POINTS OF DEPARTURE..,<br/>2. RESULTS.<br/>2.1. Regarding the current International Order<br/>2.2. Regarding the Actors within the Order .<br/>2.3. Regarding the Challenges within the Order..<br/>2.4. Regarding Early Warning-Early Response<br/>3. OUTLOOK..<br/>BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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