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International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity
Contributor(s): Ikenberry, G. John (Editor), Mastanduno, Michael (Editor), Wohlforth, William C. (Editor)
ISBN: 1107634598     ISBN-13: 9781107634596
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $38.94  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
Dewey: 327.101
LCCN: 2011023016
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.8" (1.25 lbs) 392 pages
 
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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 of the leading journal World Politics, this book seeks to determine whether what we think we know about power and patterns of state behavior applies to the current 'unipolar' setting and, if not, how core theoretical propositions about interstate interactions need to be revised.

Contributor Bio(s): Wohlforth, William C.: - William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor at Dartmouth College, where he teaches in the Department of Government. He is the editor-in-chief of Security Studies.Ikenberry, G. John: - 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.Mastanduno, Michael: - Michael Mastanduno is Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College.