Damian Popolo

A New Science of International Relations

Modernity, Complexity and the Kosovo Conflict

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Foucauldian methodology is here applied to Complexity Science in order to generate a new understanding of International Relations, particularly to the conflict in Kosovo. The book shows how theoretical issues inform understandings of crisis, leading to decisions in the real world of international policy-making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781409412267
• ISBN-10: 1409412261
• Artikelnr.: 45345158

Autorenporträt

Dr Damian Popolo, Honorary Research Fellow, Lancaster University, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part 1 Complexity, Modernity and International Relations Theory: Introduction
Complexity and the modern episteme: epistemological outline of a new science
An archaeology of modernity
Complexity, international relations and ethics from an epistemic perspective
Intermezzo: a roadmap to an argument. Part 2 The Kosovo Crisis and Its Contradictions: International relations and modern interpretations of the Kosovo crisis
Legal-ethical frameworks on Kosovo, modern analytical finitude at work
Ancient ethnic hatreds
Conclusion: International relations, complexity and the Kosovo crisis
Bibliography
Index.