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The Unipolar World : An Unbalanced Future / by T. Mowle, D. Sacko.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mowle, Thomas S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Diplomacy.
- International Relations.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- Diplomacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first book-length treatment of international politics in a unipolar world that adopts a structural realist perspective. It applies Waltz's microeconomic analogy to a market with a price leader. It concludes that unipolarity is sustainable as long as the unipole distributes rewards to other states.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Table of Acronyms; 1 Introduction: An Unbalanced World; 2 Unipolarity in Politics and Economics; 3 Conflict and Stability in a Unipolar System; 4 Balancing and Bandwagoning in a Unipolar System; 5 Alliance Patterns in a Unipolar System; 6 Binding and Resistance in a Unipolar System; 7 Defensive Advantage in a Unipolar System; 8 Offensive Advantage in a Unipolar System; 9 Conclusion: The Unipolar Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611361686
- 9781281361684
- 1281361682
- 9780230603073
- 0230603076
- OCLC:
- 314776040
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