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Title:

Empires, systems and states : great transformations in international politics / [edited by Michael Cox, Tim Dunne, Ken Booth].

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xii, 298 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Imperialism--History.
History, Modern
Sovereignty--History.
Geopolitics--History.
State, The--History.
Europe--Colonies.
Europe--Territorial expansion.

Other Authors:

Cox, Michael, 1947-
Dunne, Timothy, 1965-
Booth, Ken, 1943-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Empires, systems and states: great transformations in international politics -- Rethinking the sovereign state model -- System, empire and state in Chinese international relations -- The rise of the state system in Africa -- Between anarchy and tyranny: excellence and the pursuit of power and peace in ancient Greece -- Before sovereignty: society and politics in ancien regime Europe -- The eighteenth century international system: parity or primacy -- The long nineteenth century in Europe: reinterpreting the concert system -- American power and the empire of capitalist democracy -- The Russian-Soviet empire: a test of neorealism -- Another 'double movement': the great transformation after the Cold War? -- Capitalism and world (dis)order -- Variation, change and transitions in international politics.

ISBN:

9780521016865 (pbk.)
052101686X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50123408

LCCN:

2002073722

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)