Ronnie D. Lipschutz is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the coauthor, with Judith Mayer, of Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Nature from Place to Planet, also published by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments 1. Theory of Global Politics 2. The Worries of Nations 3. The Insecurity Dilemma 4. Arms and Affluence 5. Markets, the State,and War 6. The Social Contraction 7. The Princ(ipal) 8. Politics among People Notes Bibliography Index

"This is an important book—the first to my knowledge to examine a wide range of alleged threats, from eco-violence to 'ethnic' conflict, in a unified and conceptual framework that makes sense for the post–Cold War world. His insights on the state's disciplining role in a globalized world economy are powerful and well developed." — Ken Conca, author of Manufacturing Insecurity: The Rise and Fall of Brazil's Military-Industrial Complex"After Authority forces the reader to examine issues and explanations of war, peace, security, and international cooperation in a non-traditional way. It made me think." — Roger Coate, editor of the journal Global Governance

Ronnie D. Lipschutz is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the coauthor, with Judith Mayer, of Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Nature from Place to Planet, also published by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments 1. Theory of Global Politics 2. The Worries of Nations 3. The Insecurity Dilemma 4. Arms and Affluence 5. Markets, the State,and War 6. The Social Contraction 7. The Princ(ipal) 8. Politics among People Notes Bibliography Index

"This is an important book—the first to my knowledge to examine a wide range of alleged threats, from eco-violence to 'ethnic' conflict, in a unified and conceptual framework that makes sense for the post–Cold War world. His insights on the state's disciplining role in a globalized world economy are powerful and well developed." — Ken Conca, author of Manufacturing Insecurity: The Rise and Fall of Brazil's Military-Industrial Complex"After Authority forces the reader to examine issues and explanations of war, peace, security, and international cooperation in a non-traditional way. It made me think." — Roger Coate, editor of the journal Global Governance

Ronnie D. Lipschutz is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the coauthor, with Judith Mayer, of Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Nature from Place to Planet, also published by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments 1. Theory of Global Politics 2. The Worries of Nations 3. The Insecurity Dilemma 4. Arms and Affluence 5. Markets, the State,and War 6. The Social Contraction 7. The Princ(ipal) 8. Politics among People Notes Bibliography Index

"This is an important book—the first to my knowledge to examine a wide range of alleged threats, from eco-violence to 'ethnic' conflict, in a unified and conceptual framework that makes sense for the post–Cold War world. His insights on the state's disciplining role in a globalized world economy are powerful and well developed." — Ken Conca, author of Manufacturing Insecurity: The Rise and Fall of Brazil's Military-Industrial Complex"After Authority forces the reader to examine issues and explanations of war, peace, security, and international cooperation in a non-traditional way. It made me think." — Roger Coate, editor of the journal Global Governance