Constructing The World Polity

For the past quarter century, John Gerard Ruggie has made fundamental contributions to international relations theorizing, helping to establish what is now described as the "constructivist" approach to the field. This elegantly written collection of essays includes a substantial introduction that surveys the entire range of post-war IR theory and sets the constructivist project within it. Ruggie brings together his most influential theoretical ideas and their application to critical policy questions concerning the post-Cold War international order.