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The social in the global : social theory, governmentality and global politics /
"How do influential social ideas contribute to global governance? This book takes an original approach to international relations by looking at the way social ideas help to portray the world in a particular way. Jonathan Joseph begins by analysing the role of important concepts such as globalis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2012, ©2012.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in international relations ;
122. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "How do influential social ideas contribute to global governance? This book takes an original approach to international relations by looking at the way social ideas help to portray the world in a particular way. Jonathan Joseph begins by analysing the role of important concepts such as globalisation, global civil society, social capital, networks and risk; then examines the role these concepts play in the discourse of international organisations. Using the concept of governmentality, he argues that contemporary social theories help justify contemporary forms of governance. By comparing organisations like the EU and the World Bank, Joseph investigates the extent to which these ideas are influential in theory and in practice"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 302 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139526234 1139526235 9781139149143 1139149148 9781139528627 1139528629 1283522136 9781283522137 9781139527439 1139527436 |