history, modernity and the making of international relations /
Barry Buzan and George Lawson.
xix, 396 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
Cambridge studies in international relations ;
135
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-371) and index.
Part I. The Global Transformation and IR: 1. The global transformation; 2. IR and the nineteenth century -- Part II. The Making of Modern International Relations: 3. Shrinking the planet; 4. Ideologies of progress; 5. The transformation of political units; 6. Establishing a core-periphery international order; 7. Eroding the core-periphery international order; 8. The transformation of great powers, great power relations and war -- Part III. Implications: 9. From 'centred globalism' to 'decentred globalism'; 10. Rethinking international relations.
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"The 'long nineteeenth century' (1776-1914) was a period of political, economic, military and cultural revolutions that re-forged both domestic and international societies. Neither existing international histories nor International Relations texts sufficiently register the scale and impact of this 'global transformation', yet it is the consequences of these multiple revolutions that provide the material and ideational foundations of modern international relations"--
International relations-- History-- 19th century.
World politics-- History-- 19th century.
International relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.