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Emergent Actors in World Politics : How States and Nations Develop and Dissolve.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | Princeton studies in complexity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Modeling Actors in World Politics
- Introduction
- Defining the State and the Nation
- From Reification to Emergence
- An Overview of the Literature
- Why Models Are Needed
- Why Current Models Will Not Do the Trick
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Toward Richer Models
- Introduction
- The Problem of Historical Contingency
- The Problem of Methodological Individualism and Materialism
- The Complex Adaptive Systems Approach
- An Introduction to the Models
- Chapter 4. Emergent Polarity
- Introduction
- Power Politics and Emergent Polarity
- A Nontechnical Overview
- Technical Specification
- The Impact of Predation and Defense: Hegemonic Takeoff
- The Impact of Defensive Alliances: Regional Balancing
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Extending the Emergent Polarity Model
- Introduction
- Simplifying the Alliance Mechanism: Power Balancing
- Strategic Adaptation
- Proportional Resource Allocation
- Two-Level Action
- An Example of Geopolitical Overextension
- Chapter 6. Modeling Nationalism
- Introduction
- A Taxonomy of Nations and States
- Three Types of Nationalism
- Nationalist Mobilization and Coordination
- Chapter 7. Nationalist Mobilization
- Introduction
- Modeling Political Mobilization
- Modeling Collective Action
- Historical Illustrations
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Chapter 8. Nationalist Coordination
- Introduction
- An Ecological Model of Nationality Formation
- Technical Specification
- Simulation Results
- Nationalist Coordination and the Formation of Yugoslavia
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Conclusions for Theory and Policy
- Substantive Findings
- Closing the Metatheoretical Gap
- Consequences for Policy
- Bibliography
- Index