1972
DOI: 10.2307/3233964
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Systems Theory in International Relations: A Critique

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“…Early IR inquiries into levels of analysis tended to reinforce the role of states and formal institutions, and disaggregated the individual, state and international system (Singer, 1961; Waltz, 2001). Systems theory was useful in its comprehensive ambition, yet had little say about the sub-state level (Kaplan, 1975; Weltman, 1972; Young, 1968). While offering analytical clarity, such models seemed removed from the transversal complexity of transnational and international dynamics, and so have been overtaken by more sophisticated analyses that are aware of the relational and informal aspects of levels of analysis (Speigel, 2003: 84; Temby, 2015).…”
Section: The Circuitry Of People Commodities and Practicesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Early IR inquiries into levels of analysis tended to reinforce the role of states and formal institutions, and disaggregated the individual, state and international system (Singer, 1961; Waltz, 2001). Systems theory was useful in its comprehensive ambition, yet had little say about the sub-state level (Kaplan, 1975; Weltman, 1972; Young, 1968). While offering analytical clarity, such models seemed removed from the transversal complexity of transnational and international dynamics, and so have been overtaken by more sophisticated analyses that are aware of the relational and informal aspects of levels of analysis (Speigel, 2003: 84; Temby, 2015).…”
Section: The Circuitry Of People Commodities and Practicesmentioning
confidence: 99%