Author Description

Review All of the chapters contain good work and a book as a whole is an admirable statement of a continuing and extremely interesting research project. A well-written book, dealing with fascinating questions in an intelligent and thoughtful manner. Roll on volume 2! (International Affairs) Product Description Civilizing World Politics offers an innovative approach to the changing contexts of global politics, moving beyond the ever more fuzzy debate on globalization to a concept of world society that transcends the nation state and embraces communities including nongovernmental organizations. It brings together research from various fields of political science, sociology, and social theory in new ways, successfully introducing U.S. students of international affairs to contemporary continental research in a way that enlightens as it civilizes. About the Author Mathias Albert is currently working on a Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Community, based in Frankfurt am Main. Lothar Brock is chair for International Relations at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, and is a research director at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Klaus Dieter Wolf is professor of international relations at the Institute of Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology.