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Bringing together historical sociologists from Sociology and International Relations, this collection lays out the international, transnational, and global dimensions of social change. It reveals the shortcomings of existing scholarship and argues for a deepening of the 'third wave' of historical sociology through a concerted treatment of transnational and global dynamics as they unfold in and through time. The volume combines theoretical interventions with in-depth case studies. Each chapter moves beyond binaries of 'internalism' and 'externalism,' offering a relational approach to a particular thematic: the rise of the West, the colonial construction of sexuality, the imperial origins of state formation, the global origins of modern economic theory, the international features of revolutionary struggles, and more. By bringing this sensibility to bear on a wide range of issue-areas, the volume lays out the promise of a truly global historical sociology.
. Unites historical sociology in the fields of International Relations and Sociology
. Advances existing work in historical sociology to tackle areas of core concern to historical sociology and demonstrates both what past accounts missed and how global historical sociology delivers new insights
. Makes clear the international, transnational and global dimensions of dynamics of continuity and change
Introduction. For a global historical sociology Julian Go and George Lawson
Part I. States, War, and Revolution:Description
Bringing together historical sociologists from Sociology and International Relations, this collection lays out the international, transnational, and global dimensions of social change. It reveals the shortcomings of existing scholarship and argues for a deepening of the 'third wave' of historical sociology through a concerted treatment of transnational and global dynamics as they unfold in and through time. The volume combines theoretical interventions with in-depth case studies. Each chapter moves beyond binaries of 'internalism' and 'externalism,' offering a relational approach to a particular thematic: the rise of the West, the colonial construction of sexuality, the imperial origins of state formation, the global origins of modern economic theory, the international features of revolutionary struggles, and more. By bringing this sensibility to bear on a wide range of issue-areas, the volume lays out the promise of a truly global historical sociology.
. Unites historical sociology in the fields of International Relations and Sociology
. Advances existing work in historical sociology to tackle areas of core concern to historical sociology and demonstrates both what past accounts missed and how global historical sociology delivers new insights
. Makes clear the international, transnational and global dimensions of dynamics of continuity and change
