Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures vii
Acknowledgments viii
Notes on the Contributors ix
Part 1 Conceptual Overview
1 Introduction: Systems Theorizing in IR Mathias Albert Lars-Erik Cederman 3
2 Systems Theory beyond Explaining and Understanding Oliver Kessler Friedrich Kratochwil 23
Part II 'Modern' Systems Theory
3 Modern Systems Theory and World Politics Mathias Albert 43
4 Modern Systems Theory and/as Historical Discourse Analysis Hans-Martin Jaeger 69
Part III Process-Theoretical Approaches
5 Relationalism and New Systems Theory Daniel Nexon 99
6 Complexity and Change in World Politics: Resurrecting Systems Theory Lars-Erik Cederman 127
7 Understanding System Dynamics: Simple Models of Complexity Bear F. Braumoeller 158
Part IV Analyses of Macrohistorical Processes
8 The English School as a New Systems Theory of World Politics Barry Buzan 195
9 Differentiation, Rationalization, and Actorhood in New Systems and World Culture Theories George M. Thomas 220
10 War and the Global Spread of the Nation-State Andreas Wimmer Brian Min 249
Part V Final Reflections and Outlook
11 Flatland: Quantum Mind and the International Hologram Alexander Wendt 279
Index 311