1st Edition

Coping and Conformity in World Politics

By Hugh C. Dyer Copyright 2010
192 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Conformity is a common coping strategy for dealing with stresses in political situations, as well a strategy for dealing with the lack of agreed foundations. This work introduces the conceptual frameworks of coping and conformity to provide a new analysis of the ethical and political demands of international life. The volume argues that coping through conformity is the only means available for... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Conditions & Situations  Introduction  1. Stability of Other Worlds  2. The Changing Grammar of World Politics  Part 2:  Actions & Reactions  3. Going Critical: Challenges to Conformity  4. Terror, Civility and Security  5. The Liberal Order and a Quiet Life  6. Recovery and Recuperation  Part 3: Trends & Transformations  7. Coping with Chaos, Creating Conformity  8. Planning & Posterity

Biography

Hugh Dyer is Senior Lecturer in International Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.