Comparisons in Global Security Politics Representing and Ordering the World

• Main Authors: Müller, Thomas, Albert, Mathias, Langer, Kerrin
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Comparative Politics; Comparisons; Globalization; Governance; Interdisciplinary studies; International relations; International Relations Theory; International Security and Strategy; Knowledge; Order; Politics and government; Practices; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Security; Social theory; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; global security politics; ordering; comparisons; status politics; competition; knowledge production; balance of power politics; governance objects; arms dynamics; governance
• ISBN: 1529241839; 9781529241839
• DOI: 10.47674/9781529241846

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Comparative practices are integral to global security politics. The balance of power politics, status competitions and global security governance would not be possible without them. Yet, they are rarely treated as the main object of study. Exploring the varied uses of comparisons, this book addresses three key questions: • How is comparative knowledge produced? • How does it become politically relevant? • How do comparative practices shape security politics? This book takes a bold new step in uniting disparate streams of research to show how comparative practices order governance processes and modulate competitive dynamics in world politics.