International society and the Middle East
Subtitle: English school theory at the regional level
By: edited by Barry Buzan and Ana Gonzalez-Pelaez.
Contributors: Buzan, Barry.; Gonzalez-Pelaez, Ana, 1974-
Series: Palgrave studies in international relations series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780230537644
Subjects: Globalization -- Middle East; International relations; Globalization -- Sociological aspects; Globalization -- Political aspects -- Middle East; Middle East -- Foreign relations
Description: "This book is the first to apply ideas about international and world society to the Middle East. It brings together a distinguished set of theorists and Middle East experts who combine their knowledge to provide a fresh view of this troubled but important region. For those interested in the Middle East, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the region's history and how its own traditions have mixed, often uncomfortably, with the political structures imposed by the expansion of Western international society. For International Relations theorists it offers a pathbreaking application of the English school's central ideas at the regional level. It shows both the problems and the opportunities of thinking about international and world society in a regional context, and uses the insights from that to cast new light on what it means to talk about international society at the global level."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263) and index.