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International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity.
Discusses the concept of unipolarity and the political implications of US primacy for the patterns of international politics.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on the contributors; Notes on the editors; 1 Introduction: unipolarity, state behavior, and systemic consequences; Definition and measurement; Unipolarity and its consequences; Behavior of the unipole; Unipolarity and revisionism: is the unipole a satisfied state?; Unipolarity and the provision of public goods; Unipolarity and control over outcomes; Unipolarity and domestic politics; Unipolarity and the behavior of secondary states.
- Balancing and other forms of resistanceAlliances and alignment; Use of international institutions; Systemic properties: how peaceful is unipolarity, and will it endure?; Unipolarity and great power conflict; The durability of a unipolar system; Unipolaritys limits; Conclusion; 2 Unipolarity, status competition, and great power war; Puzzles of power and war; Do great powers care about status?; How polarity affects status competition; Hypotheses; General patterns of evidence; Status competition and causal mechanisms; Status competition in multipolarity; Status competition under bipolarity.
- Unipolarity and status competitionThe unipole; Second-tier great powers: Russia and China; Conclusion; 3 Legitimacy, hypocrisy, and the social structure of unipolarity: why being a unipole isnt all its cracked up to be; The legitimacy of power and the power of legitimacy; Institutionalizing power: rational-legal authority and its effects on unipolar power; Ideals, interests, and hypocrisy; Iraq sanctions and the Oil for Food program; Intervention in Kosovo; Democracy promotion and Palestinian elections; Conclusion; 4 Alliances in a unipolar world; The alliance literature; Structural effects.
- Greater freedom of action for the unipoleIncreased concerns about the power of the unipole; Greater obstacles to counter-hegemonic balancing; Credibility and leverage; Distraction or disengagement?; Alliance strategies in unipolarity; Hard balancing; Soft balancing; "Leash-slipping": alignments intended to enhance autonomy; Bandwagoning with the unipole; Regional balancing; Summary; Managing unipolar alliances; Conclusion; 5 System maker and privilege taker: US power and the international political economy; Opportunity, obligations, and privilege.
- Laying the foundations and the initial struggle to adjustDefending the liberal order and maintaining special privileges; Enlarging the order: same pattern, less dependent partners; Conclusion; 6 Free hand abroad, divide and rule at home; How does unipolarity affect foreign policy ideas and choices?; American power, variations in polarity, and strategic ideas; Strategic ideology and domestic politics; National security policy as a wedge issue; Polarization and wedge issue politics; September 11 and the wedge politics of the Bush doctrine; The polarizing consequences of the war.