Unmapping the 21st Century
Between Networks and the State
Nicholas Michelsen author Neville Bolt author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Published:28th Jul '22
Should be back in stock very soon
The 21st century has been characterized by great turbulence, climate change, a global pandemic, and democratic decay.
Drawing on post-structural political theory, this book explores two dominant concepts used to make sense of our disturbed reality: the state and the network. The book explains how they are inextricably interwoven, while showing why they complicate the way we interpret our present.
In seeking a better understanding of today’s world, this book argues that we need to pull apart the familiar lines of our maps. By looking beneath and across these lines, an ‘unmapping’ presents new insights and opportunities for a better future.
'Michelsen and Bolt’s argument casts a new light on our perception of politics and world order through time and space, and the book certainly deserves close attention.' Aleksandra Spalińska, University of Warsaw, Poland for International Affairs
‘This study is must reading for students, scholars, and policy wonks interested in Caribbean affairs. It provides analysis that is both cogent and policy relevant.’ Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Caribbean Policy Consortium
‘A groundbreaking analysis that firmly establishes “weather politics” as essential to understanding Caribbean security, governance, and regional resilience.’ W. Andy Knight, Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta
'Through a wide-ranging work of remarkable erudition and sophisticated analysis, Michelsen and Bolt’s cartography of the present reveals the complex intertwining of hierarchies and networks that shapes our world.' Antoine Bousquet, Swedish Defence University
ISBN: 9781529223743
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160 pages