War and the State The Theory of International Politics

Name: War and the State The Theory of International Politics
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ISBN: 9780472069811

ISBN-10: 0472069810

ISBN-13: 9780472069811

Edition: 2007

Authors: R. Harrison Wagner

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 8/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638



List of Figures


Preface



The Theory of International Politics


Theories, Arguments, and Explanations


Offensive Realism


Defensive Realism


Structural Realism


Anarchy and War


Hierarchy and Peace


Realism's Competitors


Generic Realism



Reason of State


Classical Realism, Social Norms, and Raison d'Etat


The State of Nature


The Prince


A World of Leviathans


The Market


Recurring War, Perpetual Peace


From Raison d'Etat to Realism



Violence, Organization, and War


Bargaining


Bargaining and the Use of Force


The Protection Business


The Social Contract


Anarchy and Hierarchy Reconsidered


The Global Constitution


Peace and the State



Bargaining and War


Warring Predators


Let's Make a Deal


Bargaining and Fighting


Bargaining, War, and Alliances


Bargaining, War, and the Balance of Power


Bargaining and the Recurrence of War



Enforcing Agreements


The Struggle for Power


Incentives to Attack First


Bargaining over the Distribution of Power



A World of Commonwealths


Taming Predators


A Mixed World


Domestic and International Politics


Writing the Global Constitution: Top-down or Bottom-up?



Summing Up


References


Index