The Dialects of World Order: Theory and Perspective

Through the synthetic analysis of historical interdisciplinary theories, Alker and Beirsteker effectively analyze the global political system as conflicting in theory, yet alternatively descriptive of their relative historical and social context. Emerging in the twentieth-century, characterized by anti-capitalist schools of thought, political disorder, war and subsequent recessive liberalism, three definitive interdisciplinary approaches to theoretical international relations form which encompass traditional, dialectical and behavioral scientific approaches. Since each is theoretical and scientific, they are scrutinized in practice and against each other. However, the point of this research is to realize the importance of the modern social scientific research traditions which derive each theory and to attach significance to how each inhabited the twentieth-century. It is important to note that international theory is created in relation to region, time and political orientation, and that cross-culture analyzing proves bias results and only catalyzes disorder. This type of analysis impedes politics to transcend the boundaries of theory into practice and establish any sort of international order. The Dialects of World Order was also refreshing because it classified broad international theories and attached practical significance to each one.