Mathias Albert

How can we understand long-term change in world politics better? Based on readings of thinkers as diverse as Habermas, Foucault and Luhmann, the authors of this book propose a framework for understanding such change in terms of social evolution. They show that processes of social learning and unlearning are key to understanding the long-term historical evolution of complex societies, and propose to approach these with the core concepts of autonomization, hierarchical complexity, and co-evolution. Three case studies illustrate this social evolutionary perspective to the study of world politics, examining the evolution of forms of organizing political authority, of conflicts, of diplomacy, of law as boundary condition.

The »global« is permanently made and remade by how it is envisioned in political projects, in language, and in literature. Through a range of case studies, this book shows how practices of referring to the world actually constitute the global in its many facets. It aims to provide a sense in readers of how the global is not something »out there«, but that it is embedded in a wide range of the seemingly »everyday«. The contributions appeal to a readership from a background in Sociology, History, Political Science, Literary Studies, and Social Work.

In this book, Mathias Albert develops an ambitious theoretical framework that describes world politics as a specific social system set within the wider political system of world society. Albert's analysis of the historical evolution and contemporary form of world politics takes the theory of social differentiation as its starting point. World politics is a specific, relatively recent form of politics and Albert shows how the development of a distinct system of world politics first began during the long nineteenth century. The book goes on to identify the different forms of social differentiation that underlie the variety of contemporary forms of organizing political authority in world politics. Employing sociological and historical perspectives, A Theory of World Politics also reflects critically on its relation to accounts of world politics in the field of international relations and will appeal to a wide readership in a range of fields.

In this book, Mathias Albert develops an ambitious theoretical framework that describes world politics as a specific social system set within the wider political system of world society. Albert's analysis of the historical evolution and contemporary form of world politics takes the theory of social differentiation as its starting point. World politics is a specific, relatively recent form of politics and Albert shows how the development of a distinct system of world politics first began during the long nineteenth century. The book goes on to identify the different forms of social differentiation that underlie the variety of contemporary forms of organizing political authority in world politics. Employing sociological and historical perspectives, A Theory of World Politics also reflects critically on its relation to accounts of world politics in the field of international relations and will appeal to a wide readership in a range of fields.

Das vorliegende Buch behandelt umfassend Theorie und Praxis der Wälzlagertechnik und verknüpft dabei von Anfang an die theoretische Basis mit den praktischen Anwendungen. Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Wälzlagertechnik sind sehr vielschichtig, und es bestehen intensive Wechselbeziehungen zwischen dem Wälzlager und seiner Peripherie. Auf dem Ergebnis dieser Beziehungen beruht die Zuverlässigkeit des Lagers. Um diese Zuverlässigkeit beurteilen und ausnützen zu können, muß der Konstrukteur ein bestimmtes Maß an wälzlagertechnischem Wissen beherrschen. Das Buch bietet, in geschlossene Informationsblöcke gegliedert, wertfreie Gestaltungsunterlagen. Solche Unterlagen ließen sich allenfalls auch aus verschiedenen Herstellerhandbüchern zusammenstellen, wären dann jedoch keinesfalls wertfrei. Deshalb enthält das Buch auch nicht die gewohnte herstellerspezifischen Produkt-Tafeln, wie sie jeder Hersteller gerne zur Verfügung stellt. Die Gliederung des Stoffes in Entwicklung, Funktionserfüllung, Lagerwahl und Peripheriegestaltung, Ein- und Ausbau, Wartung, Schäden und ihre Verhütung, Qualitätssicherung, Standardisierung und Normung, Fertigungstechnologie, Forschungs- und Entwicklungstrend (Beispiele), wird dazu beitragen, das Buch zu einer wertvollen Arbeitshilfe zu machen. Die theoretischen Teile der einzelnen Abschnitte dienen in schwierigen Anwendungsfällen dazu, die Grundlagen der praktischen Wälzlagertechnik näher zu erklären. Weitergehenden mathematischen Ableitungen kann der Forscher in dem umfangreichen Literaturverzeichnis nachspüren. Damit ist das Buch sehr wohl auch für Dozenten und Studenten geeignet.

An interdisciplinary exploration of the role of sovereignty, national identity, and borders in international politics. Political ScienceAn interdisciplinary exploration of the role of sovereignty, national identity, and borders in international politics. Informed by current debates in social theory, Identities, Borders, Orders brings together a multinational group of respected scholars to seek and encourage imaginative adaptations and recombinations of concepts, theories, and perspectives across disciplinary lines. These contributors take up a variety of substantive, theoretical, and normative issues such as migration, nationalism, citizenship, human rights, democracy, and security. Together, their essays contribute significantly to our understanding of sovereignty, national identity, and borders. Contributors: Didier Bigo, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris; Lothar Brock, U of Frankfurt am Main; Chris Brown, London School of Economics; Neil Harvey, New Mexico State U; Martin O. Heisler, U of Maryland; Rey Koslowski, Rutgers U; Friedrich Kratochwil, Ludwig Maximilians U, Munich; Ronnie D. Lipschutz, UC Santa Cruz; Richard W. Mansbach, Iowa State U; David Newman, Ben Gurion U of the Negev, Israel; Antje Wiener, Queen’s U of Belfast; and Frankie Wilmer, Montana State U.