Dichotomy of Power
Subtitle: Nation versus State in World Politics
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780739103500
Subjects: Globalization; International relations; Political science & theory; Political Science; Origin; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; State, The; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Science / Democracy; National state; Political Process - General; Comparative government
Description: Dichotomy of Power studies the future of the nation-state as the world's basic political organization and the foundation of modern international relations. Richard A. Matthew argues that this construct, once championed as the rational and preferred basis for global order, developed through a series of dichotomies: realism mediated by idealism; coercive power politics balanced by constitutive mode of power; and a collaborative search for a just society. The book analyzes conceptualization of the nation-state in Western tradition of political thought, from classical politics to postmodern debate about nation-state as ideal mechanism for organizing power in a new global age--Publisher's description.