Phil Cerny: Here is the catalog page for a forthcoming book of mine on World Politics with Routledge. It’s available for pre-order on December 9, 2022.  Book Description - ISBN 9781032403410

Heterarchy in World Politics challenges the fundamental framing of international relations and world politics. IR theory has always been dominated by the presumption that world politics is, at its core, a system of states. However, this has always been problematic, challengeable, time-bound, and increasingly anachronistic.

In the 21st century, world politics is becoming increasingly multi-nodal and characterized by "heterarchy" – the coexistence and conflict between differently structured micro- and meso quasi-hierarchies that compete and overlap not only across borders but also across economic-financial sectors and social groupings. Thinking about international order in terms of heterarchy is a paradigm shift away from the mainstream "competing paradigms" of realism, liberalism, and constructivism. This book explores how, since the mid-20th century, the dialectic of globalization and fragmentation has caught states and the interstate system in the complex evolutionary process toward heterarchy. These heterarchical institutions and processes are characterized by increasing autonomy and special interest capture. The process of heterarchy empowers strategically situated agents — especially agents with substantial autonomous resources, and in particular economic resources — in multi-nodal competing institutions with overlapping jurisdictions. The result is the decreasing capacity of macro-states to control both domestic and transnational political/economic processes. In this book, the authors demonstrate that this is not a simple breakdown of states and the states system; it is in fact the early stages of a structural evolution of world politics.

This book will interest students, scholars and researchers of international relations theory. It will also have significant appeal in the fields of world politics, security studies, war studies, peace studies, global governance studies, political science, political economy, political power studies, and the social sciences more generally. 

Here is my interview with British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. 

Stephen Carmichael: After being locked down for the past couple of years, Susan and I have started traveling again. In June we took a small group cruise of the Baltic Sea and visited several interesting places. The photo is a plaque in Stockholm that marks the spot where the Swedish Prime Minister, Olaf Palme was assassinated in 1986. His assassin was never identified. Olaf Palme graduated from Kenyon in 1949.

Stephen Stonehouse: Hello all. Still enjoying the beach life in Redondo Beach. Back to the classroom with Naturalist Program and Reading Partners so busy with that. Just returned for 10 days in Ireland which was terrific and included Dr. Olivia Stonehouse ‘15 who has just finished her equine breeding program at Penn and heading to central NJ to work at a private equine hospital there.

Ed Forrest: Made it through my 3rd decade of Georgia summers. At least in Oklahoma the "hot" was blasted by wind...which made it feel cooler. Odd how these memories roar back to life after being dead for so long! "Things" are good...the microscope is working out well and I think of the first time I met Professor, Dr. Burns. He was engaging a new science: "Ecology" ...my 'only' regret is not being a geek back then! God Speed to all. Living in Dixieland (well, Atlanta). Check in if you get stuck on one of our Interstate Road Malls and we can share stories and remember when...

Bill Schnall: At the ripe old age of ... well I guess you all know how old I am ... my wife and I are going to be grandparents for the second time next month. It definitely falls into the category of "wonders never cease". Additionally, I spent ten days in COVID "prison" on board Celebrity Apex on our cruise around England, Scotland and Ireland a few months ago -- I did get to see all the ports from our balcony -- at least we had a balcony. Some of the 210 quarantined folks had inside cabins (!!!!) I would rather take my senior orals at Kenyon again than be stuck in an inside cabin for ten days. We then almost immediately proceeded to participate in an expedition to the Svalbard islands and the polar ice cap getting as far north as the 82nd parallel -- supposedly the further north ever traveled by a cruise ship. It was totally amazing seeing polar bears with their seal-kills amongst other incredible sightings. Despite the common senior conditions of cataracts, arthritic complaints, mild hypertension and GERD, my wife and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary soon. We are now spending most of the rainy Seattle winters in Mexico and I have become somewhat fluent in Spanish. Best wishes to all for health and continued active happiness!

Charles Schwarzbeck sends a picture.

Read notes from the Class of 1968 and the Class of 1966. 

Kenyon is grateful to the following donors for their generous support of the College, including the Kenyon Fund, during the 2021-22 fiscal year. An asterisk (*) indicates a donor is a member of the Henry J. Abraham Society for loyal and consecutive giving. An obelisk (†) indicates an individual who is deceased.

1967
Annual Fund Total: $103,746  
Class Participation: 50.00%

Kokosing Society
Donors of $25,000 to $49,999
Douglas V. Johnson*

Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
George T. Jones MD*
Alan E. Rothenberg P'96 H'10*

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
Stephen W. Carmichael H'89*
Paul R. Cole*
Richard F. Dye*
Paul L. Griffiths III*
Craig R. Jackson*
Judith Murch† (widow of Maynard H. Murch IV)*
Roger L. Reynolds*
Michael L. Ulrey*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Wayne D. Beveridge MD*
John E. Dahne 
Brian J. Derry P'95*
John W. Heslop P'92*
John L. Otis MD*
Alan T. Radnor P'96 '00*
Allan W. Ryan P'93*
Mark D. Savin*
Michael E. Smith*
R. Barry Tatgenhorst*
Barry M. Utsumi*
Charles A. Williams*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Wade R. Bosley 
James W. Ceaser H'02*
Richard S. Correll*
Gary W. Davis*
William R. Dye 
David W. Fey Jr. 
Richard G. Freeman P'05*
Lawrence D. Gall 
Mark L. Gardner*
Robert J. Guedenet MD P'03*
John W. Hackworth*
Frederick P. Huston III*
Ronald F. Javorcky 
Allan S. Kohrman*
John J. Levenson*
William F. Lipman*
Jeremiah S. Miller*
Dennis C. O'Connell P'05 '13 
Nathan N. Parker*
Roy H. Schindelheim MD 
Lawrence C. Schmidlapp*
R. Frederick Scholz 
Joseph E. Simon MD 
Turner M. Straeffer*
Lee P. Van Voris MD*
David L. Vaughn*
William D. Watkins*

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Stephen W. Carmichael '67
Craig R. Jackson '67
Alan E. Rothenberg '67 P'96
Bill S. Schnall '67
Michael E. Smith '67

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