World Political Systems after Polarity

World Political Systems after Polarity

Author: Nerses Kopalyan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-06-14

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1315451395

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What will the current global political order look like when American unipolarity ends? Historically, the power configurations of world political systems have been defined by four structures: multipolarity, tripolarity, bipolarity, and unipolarity. These concepts inform both the formulation and the analysis of short-term policies and long-term, grand strategies of powerful actors in the world political order and may be of profound importance to the future peace and stability of the global system. The concept of nonpolarity, however, has never been addressed as a possible or a potential structural formulation in the nomenclature of global political systems. This book provides a coherent conceptualization of nonpolarity and how diplomacy will operate in a more collective age, and fits into the ongoing discussion about the nature of the political world order as we approach the end of the "American century."


Against Orthodoxy

Against Orthodoxy

Author: Trevor W. Harrison

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0774820969

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During the Cold War, nationalism fell from favour among theorists as an explanatory factor in history, as Marxists and liberals looked to class and individualism as the driving forces of change. The resurgence of nationalism after the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, called for a reconsideration of nationalism. Against Orthodoxy uses case studies from around the world to critically evaluate more than a quarter-century of scholarship. The authors argue that theories of nationalism have benefitted from fresh insights, but have also ossified into a new set of orthodoxies: some scholars characterize nationalism as an outgrowth of modernity, others view it as a European export, and still others see it as the brainchild of intellectuals. The theoretically informed and empirically grounded studies in this volume challenge these orthodoxies and offer new ways to think about nationalism. Collectively, these essays show that nationalism is not a singular phenomenon but rather a generative force reflecting complex historical, political, and cultural arrangements that defy simplistic explanations.


Collective Security Beyond the Cold War

Collective Security Beyond the Cold War

Author: George W. Downs

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780472104574

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Addresses theory and history in considering the possibilities for a new system of collective security


Bibliography of European Economic and Social History

Bibliography of European Economic and Social History

Author: Derek Howard Aldcroft

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780719034923

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This bibliographical guide contains 10,000 references to the economic and social history of 30 European countries during the period 1700-1939. More than 3000 periodicals have been consulted to obtain references, as well as books, edited collections and conference proceedings. The information is listed in categories such as industry, agriculture, finance, migration, labour conditions, urban communities and organizations. Full publication details are included, so that references may be located easily.


Diplomacy Through the Ages

Diplomacy Through the Ages

Author: Nick Ridley

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-23

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1000811662

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This book is a diplomatic history of Europe and the wider world over a period of 500 years, from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the early twenty-first century – with a crucial aspect. The book reflects upon the development of diplomacy and diplomats in changing from acting solely in the national interests of their respective countries to increasingly engaging in international conflict resolution and peace-making. It will be an invaluable reading for students and practitioners of international history, international relations and international security.


Media and Power

Media and Power

Author: James Curran

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1134900384

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In this major new book, James Curran addresses three key questions about media power: How much power do the media have? Who really controls the media? What is the relationship between media and power in society?


The Reformation of Historical Thought

The Reformation of Historical Thought

Author: Mark A. Lotito

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 900434795X

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In The Reformation of Historical Thought, Mark Lotito re-examines the development of Western historiography by concentrating on Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) and his universal history, Carion’s Chronicle (1532). With the Chronicle, Melanchthon overturned the medieval papal view of history, and he offered a distinctly Wittenberg perspective on the foundations of the “modern” European world. Through its immense popularity, the Chronicle assumed extraordinary significance across the divides of language, geography and confession. Indeed, Melanchthon’s intervention would become the point of departure for theologians, historians and jurists to debate the past, present and future of the Holy Roman Empire. Through the Chronicle, the Wittenberg reformation of historical thought became an integral aspect of European intellectual culture for the centuries that followed.


Europe 1780 - 1830

Europe 1780 - 1830

Author: Franklin L. Ford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-21

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1317870948

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Europe 1780--1830 rapidly established itself as a standard introduction to European history in the age of the French Revolution and its aftermath when it first appeared. Now for the first time the book has been fully revised, updated and expanded. The half-century covered constitutes one of the most complex, eventful and rapidly changing of any in Europe's history. It is a period whose emphasis on conflict and political crisis combines daring innovation with the stubborn persistence of many older attitudes and patterns of human behaviour. Professor Ford explores these tensions throughout; and he gives his readers a powerful sense of the extraordinary energy, in every aspect of human activity, that characterised the time.