01409 a2200301 4500 1138874442 20250317100409.0 250312042014GB eng 9781138874442 Taylor & Francis GBP 49.99 BB 01 eng JPS thema JHBA thema JPS bic JHBA bic POL000000 bisac POL010000 bisac POL011000 bisac 327.101 bisac Mathias Albert Observing International Relations Niklas Luhmann and World Politics 1 Oxford Routledge 20141223 272 p Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world society and to generate theoretically informed insights on the possibilities and limits of regulation in global governance. The authors develop a Luhmannian theory of world society by contrasting it with competing notions of international society, critically discussing the use of modern systems theory in international relations theory and assessing its treatment of central concepts within international relations, such as power, sovereignty, governance and war. Lena Hilkermeier B01 2161 2161