内容简介
BarryBuzanoffersanextensiveandlongoverduecritiqueandreappraisaloftheEnglishschoolapproachtoInternationalRelations.StartingontheneglectedconceptofworldsocietyandbringingtogethertheinternationalsocietytraditionandtheWendt
作者简介
Buzan,aleadingscholarattheLondonSchoolofEconomics,hasbeeninstrumentalinreinvigoratingtheEnglishschoolofinternationalrelations,whichfocusesontherules,norms,andinstitutionsoftheWesternstatesystemandseesworldpoliticsasdrivenbytheinteractionbetweenHobbesianpowerpoliticsandGrotiansharednormsandinterests.Inthisilluminatingstudyofmodernglobalsociety,Buzanattacksthequestionofhowthearrayofnewcosmopolitanforces-thegloballinkagesofpeoplesandsocieties-isaffectingtheoldstatesystem.Muchofthebookisanexplorationoftwoalternateassessmentsoftheessenceofworldsociety:a"pluralist"vision,inwhichstatesremaindominantandstatesovereigntyretainspoliticalandlegalprimacy,anda"solidarist"vision,whichseescosmopolitanvaluesanduniversalnormsweavingtogetheranewglobalorder.Buzanarguesthatthesetwologicscoexist:thesystemofstates,sovereignty,territory,nationalism,andgreat-powerpoliticswillincreasinglymixwithamuchlesscoherentsystemoftransnationalism,globalmarkets,anduniversalisticsociety.Thisconclusionaboutthecharacteroftheglobalsystemisnotneworsurprising,butBuzandoesnicelyshowtheneedtokeepstate-centeredwaysofthinkingopentothemurkyforcesofglobalsociety.
