Remapping Global Politics: History's Revenge and Future Shock(Series Number 97 Cambridge Studies in International Relations)

This book seeks to redraw our mental maps of global politics and to explain the shifting and accelerating forces that are shaping those maps. The authors build on the concept of 'post-internationalism', focusing primarily on 'political space' and 'political identity' which, they argue, are the new frontiers of global political theory. They suggest that the state is losing capacity, legitimacy and authority to remain the primary actor in world affairs and is giving way to a more complex post-international universe characterized by diverse and overlapping polities. This book is the result of the authors' long-standing joint research into the nature and dynamics of global politics, a collaboration that has spanned over three decades. It makes an important contribution to the literatures on globalization and the future of international relations theory.

Table of Contents:
Preface; 1. Post-international politics; 2. Theory and method; 3. Political space and time; 4. States and other politics; 5. Identities in a post-international world; 6. A post-international world economy; 7. War in a post-international world; 8. Technology and change; 9. The future.

About the Author :
Yale Ferguson is Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University, Newark. He is the co-author with Richard W. Mansbach of The Web of World Politics: Nonstate Actors in the Global System (1976), The Elusive Quest: Theory and International Politics (1988), The State, Conceptual Chaos, and the Future of International Relations Theory (1989), Politics: Authority, Identities, and Change (1996) and The Elusive Quest Continues: Theory and Global Politics (2003). Richard Mansbach is Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University. He is the co-author and editor of many books including, with Yale H. Ferguson, The Web of World Politics: Nonstate Actors in the Global System (1976), The Elusive Quest: Theory and International Politics (1988), The State, Conceptual Chaos, and the Future of International Relations Theory (1989), Politics: Authority, Identities, and Change (1996) and The Elusive Quest Continues: Theory and Global Politics (2003).

Review :
"Of course to either remap global politics or explain the forces that shape change is a formidable task. It is thus impressive that they have managed to argue their case as successfully as they have, especially in such a lively and often delightfully irreverent way." - Janice Bially Mattern, Lehigh University