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International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity
Edited By G. John Ik
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Description for International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity
hardcover. Discusses the concept of unipolarity and the political implications of US primacy for the patterns of international politics. Editor(s): Ikenberry, G. John (Peter F. Krogh, Professor of Geopolitics and Global Justice, Georgetown University, USA); Mastanduno, Michael; Wohlforth, William C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 74.
The end of the Cold War and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a new unipolar international system that presented fresh challenges to international relations theory. Since the Enlightenment, scholars have speculated that patterns of cooperation and conflict might be systematically related to the manner in which power is distributed among states. Most of what we know about this relationship, however, is based on European experiences between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, when five or more powerful states dominated international relations, and the latter twentieth century, when two superpowers did so. Building on a highly successful special issue ... Read more
The end of the Cold War and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a new unipolar international system that presented fresh challenges to international relations theory. Since the Enlightenment, scholars have speculated that patterns of cooperation and conflict might be systematically related to the manner in which power is distributed among states. Most of what we know about this relationship, however, is based on European experiences between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, when five or more powerful states dominated international relations, and the latter twentieth century, when two superpowers did so. Building on a highly successful special issue ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107011700
SKU
V9781107011700
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About Edited By G. John Ik
G. John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is also a Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University. Michael Mastanduno is Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences at ... Read more
Reviews for International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity
'This brilliant volume is not only the best of its type in a very crowded academic market. Without even trying it knocks the props from out under the now popular myth that the world order is now undergoing a major transformation that is seeing the balance of power tilt from West to East with China - over time - replacing ... Read more