Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 272 p)
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ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0521240182
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9780521273763
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9780521240185
Content:
rofessor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Nature of International Political Change; A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONALPOLITICAL CHANGE; DEFINITION OF BASIC TERMS; TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL CHANGES; INCREMENTAL CHANGE VERSUS REVOLUTIONARYCHANGE; 2 Stability and Change; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CHANGE; THE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM; DOMESTIC SOURCES OF CHANGE; CONCLUSION; 3 Growth and Expansion; THE CYCLE OF EMPIRES; THE MODERN PATTERN; LIMITATIONS ON CHANGE AND EXPANSION; CONCLUSION; 4 Equilibrium and Decline
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INTERNAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT POLITICAL DECLINEEXTERNAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT POLITICAL DECLINE; CONCLUSION; 5 Hegemonic War and International Change; CONCLUSION; 6 Change and Continuity in World Politics; THE NUCLEAR REVOLUTION IN CONTEMPORARY WARFARE; THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF NATIONAL ECONOMIES; THE ADVENT OF GLOBAL SOCIETY; CONCLUSION; Epilogue: Change and War in the Contemporary World; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9780511664267
Additional Edition:
Print version War and Change in World Politics
Language:
English
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