02323nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781139856041 UkCbUP 20171022140752.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 121106s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139856041 (ebook) 9781107039001 (hardback) 9781107521773 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JZ1251 .B75 2013 327.101 23 Bringing Sociology to International Relations : World Politics as Differentiation Theory / Edited by Mathias Albert, Barry Buzan, Michael Zürn. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Functional differentiation has long been at the heart of sociological thought, and as such has become a defining feature in the evolution of modern society; one which distinguishes it from pre-modern societies which have instead typically differentiated by means of segmentation, or stratified social systems such as class. Drawing on the latest developments on differentiation theory in international relations and sociology, this book brings together contributions from leading IR scholars and sociological theorists to offer a unique interdisciplinary synthesis in which contemporary world politics is discussed as a differentiated social realm. Bringing Sociology to International Relations is an illuminating and innovative new resource for scholars and students which strives to respond to a significant question across all its chapters: what happens when this well-established sociological theoretical framework is transposed from the domestic level, for which it was originally designed, to the larger and more complex subject of international relations? Albert, Mathias, editor of compilation. Buzan, Barry, editor of compilation. Zürn, Michael, editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107039001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139856041 228348 228348