The problem of order in the global age [electronic resource] : systems and mechanisms / Andreas Pickel.

This important contribution to the study of the problem of order, which figures prominently in today's globalization debate, focuses on the role of sovereignty. It advances arguments based on psychocultural perspectives and looks at postcommunist transformations and changes in political, econom...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Pickel, Andreas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Tools for the Study of Order
  • Framework: Systems and Mechanisms
  • The problem-oriented Approach to Order: the Case of the Theory of Sovereignty
  • Homo Nationis: The Psychosocial Infrastructure of the Nation-state Order
  • Part 2: The Challenge of Postcommunist Transformation
  • Changing Orders: Intervening, Framing, and Explaining
  • Explaining and Designing Order: Social Science and Social Technology
  • Part 3: The Challenge of Globalization
  • Nationalizing Mechanisms in a Globalizing World
  • Nation and Social Order in the Global Age.