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Systemic Transitions: Past, Present, and Future (Evolutionary Processes in World Politics)
W. Thompson
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Description for Systemic Transitions: Past, Present, and Future (Evolutionary Processes in World Politics)
Hardcover. When do systemic transitions, periods in which the pre-eminence of one state gives way to another, occur? What makes them probable? Do they, or must they, always take the same form? Editor(s): Thompson, William R. Series: Evolutionary Processes in World Politics. Num Pages: 294 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 592.
We are all familiar with the popular and academic analyses of the ongoing and future ascent of China. Two of the associated questions are whether and when China might succeed the United States as the lead state in the world system. These are interesting questions, albeit ones that are not likely to be answered in the immediate future. An alternative focus examines instead periods of systemic transition - eras in which it is conceivable that a new leader might emerge at the expense of an older system leader. Framing the question this way presumes that a) future systemic transitions remain ... Read more
We are all familiar with the popular and academic analyses of the ongoing and future ascent of China. Two of the associated questions are whether and when China might succeed the United States as the lead state in the world system. These are interesting questions, albeit ones that are not likely to be answered in the immediate future. An alternative focus examines instead periods of systemic transition - eras in which it is conceivable that a new leader might emerge at the expense of an older system leader. Framing the question this way presumes that a) future systemic transitions remain ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Evolutionary Processes in World Politics
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230608467
SKU
V9780230608467
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About W. Thompson
WILLIAM R. THOMPSON is Rogers Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, USA. He is the co-author of Strategic Rivalry: Space, Position and Conflict Escalation in World Politics (2007) and co-editor of Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Modeling Global Change (2008).
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