Social closure and the reproduction of stratified international order

This article investigates how the means by which actors compete for position in management of international society stratifies order. Advancing scholarship on hierarchies, it applies a theory social closure to examine two status groups, The Family Civilised Nations and G20, arguing that stratification is reproduced dynamic interplay top-down collectivist exclusion part superiorly positioned bottom-up mimicry performed those inferiorly positioned. As such, same used Standard Civilisation exclude outsiders from past non-state today, particularly non-governmental organisations (INGOs) seeking play role in-the G20. offers amendments International Relations (IR), demonstrating its utility analysing contemporary politics, engaging trans-historical analysis, incorporating into enquiry.