The twin concepts of state sovereignty and international anarchy underlie much of
contemporary theorizing about world politics. For many theorists, the absence of a central …

This book offers a major new theory of global governance, explaining both its rise and what
many see as its current crisis. The author suggests that world politics is now embedded in a …

Experts dominate all facets of global governance, from accounting practices and antitrust
regulations to human rights law and environmental conservation. In this study, Ole Jacob …

This is essential reading on the authoritative roles played by international secretariats.
Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore look at international organizations as organizations …

Drawing upon philosophy and social theory, Social Theory of International Politics develops
a theory of the international system as a social construction. Alexander Wendt clarifies the …

What motivates states to follow international norms, rules, and commitments? All social
systems must confront what we might call the problem of social control—that is, how to get …

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries
lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in …

Realism and International Relations provides students with a critical yet sympathetic survey
of political realism in international theory. Using six paradigmatic theories-Hans …

Maja Zehfuss' book offers a fundamental critique of constructivism, focusing on the work of
Wendt, Onuf and Kratochwil. Using Germany's shift towards participation in international …

The emergence of private authority has become increasingly a feature of the post-Cold War
world. In The Emergence of Private Authority in Global Governance, leading scholars …