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Nomads, Empires, States: Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy: v. 1: Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy: v. 1: Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy
Author(s): Kees Van Der Pijl (Author)
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0745326013
- ISBN-13: 9780745326016
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
For years to come, this is a book that will be essential reading. --Robert Albritton
A pioneering and ambitious work, rich in conceptual adjudication and historical detail ... Kees van der Pijl argues [in favour of] a reformulation of international relations theory and history as a whole. A work of scholarship, imagination, cogency and irreducible humanistic optimism. --Professor Fred Halliday, London School of Economics
Shortlisted for the International Political Economy Group book prize 2008 --x
About the Author
Kees Van der Pijl is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex. He holds a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. His books include, among others, The Making of the Atlantic Ruling Class (1984), Transnational Classes and International Relations (1998) and Global Rivalries from the Cold War to Iraq (Pluto Press 2006).
