Comparisons in Global Security Politics
Representing and Ordering the World
Comparison is a central feature of the practice of interstate relations, yet it is rarely studied. This book demonstrates the significance of comparison in world politics and reveals how comparative knowledge is produced, how it becomes politically relevant and how its practices shape security politics.
Comparative practices are integral to global security politics. The balance of power politics, status competitions and global security governance would 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 makes 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.
Thomas Müller is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University.
Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University.
Kerrin Langer is Research Associate at the Department of Social Sciences at TU Dortmund University.
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