Study of World Politics

James N. Rosenau is University Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University, having previously been affiliated with three other universities. He is a former President of the International Studies Association (1984-85) and a holder of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1987-88). His books include Turbulence in World Politics: A Theory of Change and Continuity (1990), Along the Domestic-Foreign Frontier Exploring Governance in a Turbulent World (1997), and Distant Proximities: Dynamics Beyond Globalization (2003).

• 1. Introduction Part 1: The Challenge 2. The New Global Order: Underpinnings and Outcomes 3. Ominous Tensions in a Globalized World 4. Aging Agendas and Ambiguous Anomalies: Tensions and Contradictions of an Emergent Epoch 5. Global Affairs in an Epochal Transformation Part 2: The Profession 6. Material and Imagined Communities in Globalized Space 7. Many Globalizations, One International Relations 8. The Globalization of Globalization Part 3: Globalization 9. The Complexities and Contradictions of Globalization 10. Toward a Viable Theory of Globalization 11. Democracy and Globalization Part 4: Governance 12. Toward an Ontology for Global Governance 13. Governance in the 21st Century 14. Global Governance as Disaggregated Complexity 15. Change, Complexity, and Governance in Globalized Space 16. Strong Demand, Huge Supply: Governance in an Emergent Epoch Appendix A - Publications of James N. Rosenau

"The best of Rosenau, who constantly pushes new concepts and plays with polarities too often ignored." -Future Survey