International relations are heralding a new era with the
expectation of a new world order. However, the international
community is facing a crisis of perception. They are trying to
apply the concepts of outdated perspectives, such as realism,
idealism, and Marxism, to an international political reality that
can no longer be understood in terms of these concepts. The
emergence of non-state nations, which are threatening the
existence of the state system, are not integrated into the
international system by the perspectives. The problem is
"perspective effect" - one uses perspectives to perceive,
understand, judge, and manipulate, the world order. Any
international political issue that does not match conditional
perception, is ignored and distorted. The result is "perspective
paralysis" - the perspectives are unable to adjust to changed
circumstances in the world order. "Perspective paralysis" can be
overcome if there is a "perspective shift" - perspectives employ
alternative criteria for evaluating world order. / World order / New world order / M.A (International Politics)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/17241 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Louw, Bernard Edgar |
| Contributors | Labuschagne, G.S., Fourie, D.F.S. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (v, 378 leaves) |
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