Social emergence in international relations : institutional dynamics in East Asia /: institutional dynamics in East Asia. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maren Wagner.
• Authors: Wagner, Maren
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Tables; Part I; Chapter 1: The Issue of€Institutional Emergence in€East Asia: An€Introduction; 1.1 Regionalism in€East Asia: Changing Institutional Patterns in€a€Complex Region; 1.2 Institutionalisms and€Their Shortcomings: Challenging Epiphenomenal Views; 1.3 Introducing the€Concept of€Emergence to€the€Study of€World Politics: Implications for€Studying Regional Institutions; 1.4 A Guide to€the€Structure of€the€Book; 1.5 Notes; References; Chapter 2: A Critical Realist Approach to€the€Study of€World Politics. 2.1 A Realist Philosophy of€ScienceThe Science Question and€Two Distinct Types of€Ontology; Dimensions of€Knowledge: Transitive and€Intransitive; Dualism, the€World, and€Emergent Ontology; 2.2 Key Concepts and€Conceptual Abstraction; Key Concepts: Causality, Stratification, and€the€Openness of€Social Systems; 2.2.0.1 Causality and€Mechanisms; 2.2.0.2 Stratification and€Emergence; 2.2.0.3 Closed and€Open Systems; Conceptual Abstraction and€Causal Analysis; 2.2.0.4 Structural Analysis: Structures as€Relations; 2.2.0.5 Causal Analysis: Powers, Mechanisms, and€Tendencies. 2.3 Social Science and€Concrete Research: Methodological ImplicationsGeneralizations as€Abstract Concepts and€Inference as€a€Thought Operation; A Model for€Explanatory Research: Theory and€Research Design; The Distinction of€Agency and€Structure; 2.4 Concluding Remarks: Critical Realism in€International Relations; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Emergence and€Complexity in€the€International System: Developing a€Social Ontology of€International Relations; 3.1 Complexity and€Emergentist Thinking in€IR; 3.1.1 Applying an€Emergent Ontology to€the€International System. 3.1.2 Systems Thinking and€Complexity Approaches in€IR3.1.3 Complex International Systems and€Emergent Properties; 3.2 Emergence in€International Systems: Introducing the€Concept of€Emergence; 3.2.1 A Short History and€the€Main Distinctions of€the€Concept of€Emergence; 3.2.2 Social Emergence in€Complex International Systems; 3.2.3 Downward Causation and€Irreducibility; 3.3 Regional Institutions as€Emergent Entities of€the€International System: Relational Organization and€Emergent Properties; 3.3.1 Identifying Regional Institutions as€Emergent Entities; 3.3.2 Reformulating Institutional Design. 3.3.2.1 Institutional Design as€a€Variable3.3.2.2 Institutional Design as€Emergent Properties; 3.3.3 Emergent Properties, Powers, and€Mechanisms; 3.4 Studying Regional Institutions as€Emergent: A€Preliminary Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Emergence and€the€Complexity of€Social Practices: The€Role of€Discourse in€Social Emergence; 4.1 Discourse as€a€Social Practice in€Complex International Systems: A€Realist Conception; 4.1.1 The Relevance of€Language and€Discourse in€Social Emergence; 4.1.2 A Realist Understanding of€Discourse; 4.1.3 A Short Dialogue with€Poststructuralism.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327; Political science; International relations -- Social aspects; Asian cooperation; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; Asian cooperation; Diplomatic relations; International relations -- Social aspects; International relations; Regionalism; Politics & government; East Asia -- Foreign relations; East Asia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319335513; 3319335510
• Related ISBNs: 9783319335506; 3319335502
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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