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War and change in world politics /
War and Change in World Politics introduces the reader to an important new theory of international political change. Arguing that the fundamental nature of international relations has not changed over the millennia, Professor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1981.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | War and Change in World Politics introduces the reader to an important new theory of international political change. Arguing that the fundamental nature of international relations has not changed over the millennia, Professor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order. The discussion focuses on the differential growth of power in the international system and the result of this unevenness. A shift in the balance of power - economic or military - weakens the foundations of the existing system, because those gaining power see the increasing benefits and the decreasing cost of changing the system. The result, maintains Gilpin, is that actors seek to alter the system through territorial, political, or economic expansion until the marginal costs of continuing change are greater than the marginal benefits. When states develop the power to change the system according to their interests they will strive to do so- either by increasing economic efficiency and maximizing mutual gain, or by redistributing wealth and power in their own favour. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461949046 1461949041 9780511664267 0511664265 1306148219 9781306148214 1107384613 9781107384613 1139885928 9781139885928 0511938071 9780511938078 1107383528 9781107383524 1107394759 9781107394759 1107389968 9781107389960 110739838X 9781107398382 |