Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation (New International Relations) - Hardcover

"For two decades John Ruggie has arguably been the most original and insightful theorist of his generation in the United States. This book puts conveniently between two covers a collection of his most important papers. Preceded by a new introduction that articulates with admirable clarity and succinctness Ruggie's analytical perspective, "Constructing the World Polity offers a distinct and brilliantly original view of international relations." -Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University "John Ruggie's brilliant articles on the theory and practice of world politics, published over the last twenty-five years, are accompanied by a graceful and reflective intellectual autobiography, which reveals much about Ruggie's thought and about the experience of true scholarship. "Constructing the World Polity is essential reading for all serious students of world politics." -Robert O. Keohane, Duke University

Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new introduction, and comprehensive connective sections, present Ruggie's ideas and their application to critical policy questions of the post-Cold War international order. Themes covered include:
* International Organization. How the 'new Institutionalism' differs from the old.
* The System of States. Explorations of political structure, social time, and territorial space in the world polity.
* Making History. America and the issue of 'agency' in the post-Cold Was era. NATO and the future transatlantic security community. The United Nations and the collective use of force.