Constructing the World Polity

<p><em>Constructing the World Polity</em> 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:<br>* International Organization. How the 'new Institutionalism' differs from the old.<br>* The System of States. Explorations of political structure social time and territorial space in the world polity.<br>* 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.</p>