Understanding global conflict and cooperation : an introduction to theory and history / Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David Welch.

By:

Nye, Joseph S [author.]

Contributor(s):

Welch, David [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boston : Pearson Longman, 2011Edition: 8th edtionDescription: xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780205778744
0205778747

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

327.10904 22 N.J.U

LOC classification:

JZ1305 .N94 2011

Contents:

Foreword / Robert O. Keohane -- 1. Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics? -- What is international politics? -- The Peloponnesian War -- Ethical questions and international politics. -- 2. Explaining conflict and cooperation : tools and techniques of the trade -- Key concepts -- Levels of analysis -- Paradigms nd theories -- Counterfactuals and "virtual history." -- 3. From Westphalia to World War I -- Managing great power conflict : balance and concert -- The origins of World War I. -- 4. The failure of collective security and World War II -- The rise and fall of collective security -- The origins of World War II. -- 5. The Cold War -- Deterrence and containment -- Three approaches to the Cold War -- Roosevelt's policies -- Stalin's policies -- Phases of the conflict -- Inevitability? -- Levels of analysis -- U.S. and Soviet goals in the Cold War -- Containment -- The Vietnam War -- The rest of the Cold War -- The end of the Cold War -- The role of nuclear weapons. -- 6. Post-Cold War conflict and cooperation -- Managing conflict -- International law and organization -- Intrastate conflict -- Interstate conflict. -- 7. Globalization and interdependence -- The dimensions of globalization -- The concept of interdependence -- The politics of oil. -- The information revolution and transnational actors -- Power and the information revolution -- Transnational actors -- Conclusions. -- 9. What can we expect in the future? -- Alternative visions -- A new world order? -- Thinking about the future.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A4	Faculty of Economics & Political (Political)	327.10904 N.J.U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00005438

Rev. ed. of: Understanding international conflicts, c2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Robert O. Keohane --
1. Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics? --
What is international politics? --
The Peloponnesian War --
Ethical questions and international politics. --
2. Explaining conflict and cooperation : tools and techniques of the trade --
Key concepts --
Levels of analysis --
Paradigms nd theories --
Counterfactuals and "virtual history." --
3. From Westphalia to World War I --
Managing great power conflict : balance and concert --
The origins of World War I. --
4. The failure of collective security and World War II --
The rise and fall of collective security --
The origins of World War II. --
5. The Cold War --
Deterrence and containment --
Three approaches to the Cold War --
Roosevelt's policies --
Stalin's policies --
Phases of the conflict --
Inevitability? --
Levels of analysis --
U.S. and Soviet goals in the Cold War --
Containment --
The Vietnam War --
The rest of the Cold War --
The end of the Cold War --
The role of nuclear weapons. --
6. Post-Cold War conflict and cooperation --
Managing conflict --
International law and organization --
Intrastate conflict --
Interstate conflict. --
7. Globalization and interdependence --
The dimensions of globalization --
The concept of interdependence --
The politics of oil. --
The information revolution and transnational actors --
Power and the information revolution --
Transnational actors --
Conclusions. --
9. What can we expect in the future? --
Alternative visions --
A new world order? --
Thinking about the future.

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