TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Rosenberg, Justin
AU  -  Rosenberg, Justin
TI  - The Empire of Civil Society : : a critique of the realist theory of international relations
SN  - 9780860916079
U1  - 327.101 ROS 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London ; New York 
PB  - : Verso, 
KW  - Political Science
KW  -  Political science
KW  - International relations
KW  - Civil society
KW  - State, The -- History
KW  - International relations -- History
N1  - 	1. The Trouble with Realism. Descriptive Realism: E.H. Carr and the State's-Eye View. Axiomatic Realism: Morgenthau's Laws of Politics. Waltz's Theoretical Realism: Accidents Will Happen. Realism as Ideology. Conclusions: What's Missing? --
2. Social Structures and Geopolitical Systems. Utrecht, 1713. Wight and the Limits of Realist History. Social Theory and Social Structure. Social Structures and Geopolitical Systems --
3. Secret Origins of the State. The Historical Legitimation of Realism. Renaissance Italy. Classical Greece. The Structural Basis of Raison d'Etat. Implications for Contemporary IR Theory --
4. Trade and Expansion in Early Modern Europe. India Portuguesa. New Spain --
5. The Empire of Civil Society. The Structural Basis of Civil Society. Sovereignty as a Capitalist Political Form. The Sovereign States-System. The Question of Absolutist Sovereignty. Historicizing the Balance of Power. Karl Marx's Theory of Anarchy
N2  - This text presents a series of case studies - including classical Greece, Renaissance Italy and the Portuguese and Spanish empires - to show how the historical-materialist analysis of societies is a better guide to understanding global systems than the theories of standard international relations
ER  -