War and Change in World Politics

Name: War and Change in World Politics
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ISBN: 9780521273763

ISBN-10: 0521273765

ISBN-13: 9780521273763

Edition: 1983

Authors: Robert G. Gilpin

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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…

Book details

List price: $50.99
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/25/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The nature of international political change



Stability and change



Growth and expansion



Equilibrium and decline



Hegemonic war and international change



Change and continuity in world politics


Epilogue: change and war in the contemporary world


Bibliography


Index