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Evolution and International Organization

Toward a New Level of Sociopolitical Integration

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  1. Volker Rittberger

    1. University of Tübingen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Studien zur Regierungslehre und Internationalen Politik (SRIP, volume 5)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction: Problems of Theory-Building in the Study of International Organization

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    Pages 1-8

  3. Sociocultural Evolution and Sociopolitical Organization

    • Volker Rittberger
    Pages 9-27

  4. The International Organization Level of Integration and Its Relationship to the Nation State

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    Pages 28-54

  5. Industrial Civilization and the Causes of International Organization-Building

    • Volker Rittberger
    Pages 55-83

  6. International Organization-Building and Integration within the Global Context

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    Pages 84-96

  7. Summary and Conclusions

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    Pages 97-99

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 100-120
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phase two spanned the time from the late 1930's to about 1950 (Sohn's period III and Yalem's periods II and III). The literature produced during these years revealed an ambivalent reaction toward the apparent inability of international organizations, particularly the League of Nations, to control violence or contribute to the solution of conflicts among major powers. The advocates of a world state saw vindicated their position that an even stronger tmiversal supranational authority was required to assure the repression or deterrence of international aggression. However, the 'realist' position, laying claim to greater scientific validity, argued 'the inlportance of political and ideo­ logical conflicts as barriers to international cooperation' (Yalem, 1966: 2). The excellent analysis by Ronald Rogowski (1968) shows how the twin positions of 'idealism' and 'realism' proceed from an identical paradigm of world politics: a nation-state system with little or no integrative superstructure. They differ, however, in their epistemological outlook. The realists display a positivistic standpoint: taking the inter­ national system and its premise, power politics, as unalterable givens, they inquire into the feasibility of international organization under these circumstances. The idea­ lists adopt what one might call a critical approach toward social analysis: they do not deny the positive validity of the realists' fmdings, but they reject the notion that power politics is an mlalterable impediment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Tübingen, Germany

    Volker Rittberger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolution and International Organization

  • Book Subtitle: Toward a New Level of Sociopolitical Integration

  • Authors: Volker Rittberger

  • Series Title: Studien zur Regierungslehre und Internationalen Politik

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9070-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8380-2Published: 01 January 1973

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9070-1Published: 13 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 120

  • Topics: Institutional/Evolutionary Economics

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