Great powers in the changing international order / Nick Bisley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bisley, Nick, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great powers.

International relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

Bisley (international relations, La Trobe U.) begins this work by narrating the evening of April 25, 1945, when hundreds of diplomats seated at San Francisco's Opera House began participation in the Conference on the International Organization. His concluding paragraph states that what is needed now is "...a wholesale rethinking of how international order can be fostered under conditions of globalization." In between, he discusses the origins of the Great Power role, the contractions of the UN order, the Great Powers as anachronisms, ant the impact of emerging powers. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Great powers and world politics

The origins of the great power role

Confronting the twentieth century

Great powers and the UN order

The anachronism of the great powers

The greatest power?

The impact of the emerging powers

Power and order in contemporary world politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781588268334

1588268330

OCLC:

745766024