Neo-Medievalism and Civil Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Winn, Neil

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Since 1989 the concept of 'civil war' has taken on new salience in international relations. Significant inquiries into inter-ethnic violence emphasizing studies of political community, identity, sovereignty and political organization have dominated the study of civil war in the past decade. Processes of social denationalization of national identity have become more prevalent in everyday politics.
In this book leading European scholars analyze the proposition that the world has returned to a system of neo-medievalism over a decade after the end of the Cold War. The chapters explore the idea that a system of overlapping authorities and crisis-crossing loyalties has arguably eliminated the absolute authority claimed and exercised by sovereign states.
As new actors have emerged, new social processes have also emerged. Not only is this gradually undoing international society, but such a system is radically transforming political life itself, returning it to something analogous to the medieval world.This book argues that an increasing lack of mutual recognition among entities, an absence of organized 'anarchy' and a much more complex pattern of relationships to consider, perhaps signifies a new Middle Ages.
The book is a special issue of the journal Civil Wars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135753771
• Artikelnr.: 47892102

Autorenporträt

Neil Winn is a Senior Lecturer in European Studies in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds. He is the author of European Crisis Management in the 1980s (1996) and EU Foreign Policy Beyond the Nation State (2001). He is the editor of Europeanization: Regulation and Identity in the New Europe (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: New Forms of Political Organisation, Community,
Sovereignty and Identity: Civil wars, the new diplomacy and international
relations 2. Terrorism and Neo-Medievalism 3. Image and Intervention,
Leadership and Legitimacy: The dynamics of Euro-Atlantic engagement with
challenges to international peace and security 4. The End of the 'Official
Doctrine': The new consensus on Britain and Bosnia 5. Civil War as Race
War: How the German far right perceives the war in the Balkans 6.
Neo-Medievalism in Africa: Whither government-to-government relations
between Africa and the European Union? 7. A New Medievalism?: The case of
Sri Lanka 8. Conclusion: Neo-medievalism, civil wars and the new diplomacy