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Palgrave The Problem Of Order In The Global Age Systems And Mechanisms 2006 Edition by A. 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 economic and cultural orders at all levels of social life. Table of contents : Introduction 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