Time and the multiplex order.
Scholarship on multiplex orders has largely focused on the spatial dimensions of multiplexity. This article explores the notion of temporal multiplexity, arguing that global orders also operate through distinct and coexisting temporal regimes. Drawing on and expanding Amitav Acharya's multiplex fram...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 455 - 480 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2026
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