Pondering Postinternationalism

Heidi H. Hobbs is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Carolina State University. She is the author of City Hall Goes Abroad: The Foreign Policy of Local Politics.

"James Rosenau's work has had a major influence on many students of international relations; however, most of the previous work has focused on his foreign policy work. This book is an admirable response to his theoretical work, his Turbulence Period. Most of the chapters help to clarify Rosenau's more recent theoretical work: providing thoughtful explanations of key concepts, presenting real world illustrations of theoretical claims, and discussing the intellectual roots of these ideas." — Steven Lamy, University of Southern California"I am impressed by this book's diverse themes and foci pertinent to Rosenau's theory. They range nicely from Peterson's sharp feminist critique to Lepgold's elaboration and explication, and to Ferguson's more personal portrayal (of Rosenau himself). Most importantly, the book helps make Rosenau's theory more testable in an era in which grand theorizing in the social sciences seems to have lost much popularity and appeal." — Xiangming Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago

• List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Pondering Postinternationalism Heidi H. HobbsPart 1 Postinternationalism in PerspectiveChapter 1 Changing Understandings of Global Politics: Preinternationalism, Internationalism, and PostinternationalismRichard W. MansbachChapter 2 The Limits of Sovereignty in a Bifurcated WorldDario MorenoChapter 3 Postinternational Politics and the Growing Glomerations of Global GovernanceMargaret P. KarnsChapter 4 Justified Jailbreaks and Paradigmatic RecidivismV. Spike PetersonPart 2 The Role of Citizens in a Postinternational WorldChapter 5 Politics among People: Global Civil Society ReconsideredRonnie D. LipschutzChapter 6 Writing Large: Habit, Skills, and Grandiose TheoryNicholas OnufChapter 7 Pondering the Postinternational Perspective on the Public: A Prescient or Peripheral Paradigm?Ole R. HolstiPart 3 Postinternationalism: A Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century?Chapter 8 Constituting Complexity: Order and Turbulence in World PoliticsMary DurfeeChapter 9 An Intellectual Agenda for Students of Postinternational World PoliticsJoseph LepgoldChapter 10 Turbulence and Tradition in International Relations Theory: Prospects for a Postinternational RevolutionRalph DiMuccio and Eric Drew CooperChapter 11 Postinternationalism and the Future of IR TheoryYale H. FergusonPart 4 A Postinternationalist's ResponseChapter 12 Beyond PostinternationalismJames N. RosenauAbout the Authors Index