Uncertainty in Global Politics

MATEJOVA, Miriam and Anastasia SHESTERININA. Uncertainty in Global Politics. Online. London: Routledge, 2024, 292 pp. New International Relations. ISBN 978-1-003-42608-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003426080.

Basic information

• Original name: Uncertainty in Global Politics
• Authors: MATEJOVA, Miriam and Anastasia SHESTERININA.
• Edition: London, 292 pp. New International Relations, 2024.
• Publisher: Routledge

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Editorship of professional books
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: electronic version available online
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• ISBN: 978-1-003-42608-0
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003426080
• Keywords in English: uncertainty; global politics; conflict and security; elections; diplomacy; maritime boundaries; COVID-19; green finance; climate change; outer space
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Uncertainty is an inseparable element of global politics. From the collapse of the Soviet Union to the 1997 and 2008 financial crises to the Arab Uprisings and the COVID-19 pandemic, assessments of many events with lasting consequences on the global order have begun with: Why didn’t we see this coming? New shocks to human and environmental systems ripple through in unexpected directions and scales. Yet, international relations scholars have devoted relatively little attention to examining what uncertainty is, how we can (and should) approach it, and how its different forms affect political actors’ identities, interests, and behaviors in distinct ways. This book contributes to systematic research on the concept of uncertainty in global politics, with possible practical implications in policy and elsewhere. The underlying question is: How do we best study, understand, and address uncertainty in global politics? The chapters explore the processes associated with different forms of uncertainty in the context of pressing contemporary challenges in global politics, covering topics linked to conflict and security, domestic politics, foreign policy, international law, environmental issues, pandemic governance, potential and possible future problems that we currently have a limited grasp of, and knowledge production itself.

Links

• MUNI/A/1279/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu IX.

Investor: Masaryk University, Current Issues in Political Science Research IX.