Maxwell's demon and the golden apple : global discord in the new millennium / Randall L. Schweller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweller, Randall L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--21st century--Forecasting.

World politics.

International relations--Forecasting.

International relations.

International organization--Forecasting.

International organization.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Twenty-first century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations.

Contents:

Introduction : navigating the chaos of contemporary world politics : network vs. no-work

Understanding the language of energy : why entropy does not herald doomsday

Entropy as metaphor : pattern recognition, time's arrow, and the big chill

The multidimensions of disorder : thermodynamics and world politics

The role of emerging powers in the age of entropy, or, What happens when the sheriff leaves town and anonymous moves in

How power diffusion works to a state's advantage : this is not your great-grandfather's multipolar world

Rising entropy at the macro level : the world is not flat in purgatory

Rising entropy at the micro level : information overload and the advent of truthiness

Maxwell's demon and angry birds : big data to the rescue?

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-4214-1278-0

OCLC:

875894743