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Evolutionary interpretations of world politics / edited by William R. Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--Congresses.
- World politics.
- International relations--Philosophy--Congresses.
- International relations.
- International cooperation--Congresses.
- International cooperation.
- Power (Social sciences)--Congresses.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Political psychology--Congresses.
- Political psychology.
- International relations--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Summary:
- The field of international relations has stagnated with only realist, liberal, Marxist and constructivist paradigms to work with. Groundbreaking and guaranteed to sir debate, Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics will move the field of international relations beyond its current, and often inadequate assumptions. The contributors describe how states, ideologies, and other areas of analysis evolve, conquer others, or disappear entirely. Change and the fluid nature of history -- though so clearly a part of historical reality -- are not so deeply embedded in other paradigms as they are in the variation and selection model of evolutionary international relations. In this outstanding collection, some contributors lay out the various controversies inherent to the new theory, while others apply the paradigm to specific problems in IR theory.
- Notes:
- Rev. versions of papers originally presented at conference held Dec. 1998, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415930588
- 0415930596
- OCLC:
- 45439919
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