Great Powers and the International System Systemic Theory in Empirical Perspective

Name: Great Powers and the International System Systemic Theory in Empirical Perspective
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ISBN: 9781107659186

ISBN-10: 1107659183

ISBN-13: 9781107659186

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bear F. Braumoeller

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"This is the first book to describe and test a fully systemic theory of international politics. Using statistics and diplomatic history, it traces statesmen's efforts to influence the power and ideas that form the broad contours of the international system within which they interact"--"In Thucudides' History of the Peloponnesian War, the author recounts an incident in which the Athenians sailed to the island of Melos, a Spartan colony, and two Athenian Generals, Cleomedes and Tisias, sent their representatives to negotiate with the Council of the Melians. What makes their dialogue especially noteworthy is the Athenians' bald statement at the onset that, in their negotiations, the Melians…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 297
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Introduction



System, state, and citizen



System, process, and evidence



Systems in historic perspective



Conclusions and implications