ISBN:
9781315772967
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (348 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 131
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. From globalization to world society
DDC:
303.48/2
Keywords:
Globalisierung
;
Gesellschaft
;
Politischer Prozess
;
Internationale Politik
;
Entwicklung
;
Systemtheorie
;
Erde
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Globalisierung
;
Weltgesellschaft
Abstract:
Since the 1970s, various sociological approaches have tried to understand and conceptualize ""the global,"" yet few of them have systematically addressed the full spectrum of social relationships. Prominent exponents of the global approach - such as world systems analysis - instead have focused on particular domains such as politics or the economy. Under the label of ""world society,"" however, some authors have suggested alternatives to the predominant equivocation of society and the nation-state. The contributions to this volume share that objective and take their point of departure from the
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: From Globalization to World Society; PART I Differentiation of World Society; 2 Comparing Systems Theory and Sociological Neo-Institutionalism: Explaining Functional Differentiation; 3 The Two Faces of World Society: Formal Structures and Institutionalized Informality; 4 Embedding Regional Integration in the Fabric of a Differentiated World Society and a Differentiated System of World Politics; PART II Global Fields in World Society
Description / Table of Contents:
5 What Do Nation-States Compete For? A World-Societal Perspective on Competition for "Soft" Global Goods6 The Inclusion of Victims and the Globalization of Criminal Law; 7 The Globalization of Transitional Justice: On the Diffusion of Norms, Standards and Institutions of Post-Conflict Justice in World Society; 8 Religious Differentiation and World Culture: On the Complementary Relationship of Systems Theory and Neo-Institutionalism; 9 Technical Knowledge and Instrumental Activism; PART III Organizations in World Society; 10 Decoupling and Coupling in Education
Description / Table of Contents:
11 University Rankings: Between Organization and Society12 Heterogeneity in World Society: How Organizations Handle Contradicting Logics; 13 The Diffusion of Organizations: The Role of Foreign Aid; 14 From International to World Organizations; PART IV Comments; 15 Commentary: Toward Understanding World Society; 16 Commentary: Theories of World Society; Contributors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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