Great powers in a changing international order / Nick Bisley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bisley, Nick, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great powers.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A historically informed and theoretically grounded analysis of the part that great powers play in contemporary world politics.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Great Powers in World Politics""; ""Why This Book?""; ""What Is Great Power Managerialism?""; ""Structure of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Origins of the Great Power Role""; ""The Anterior History of the Great Power Role: 1648�1815""; ""A Directorate of the Great Powers: 1815�1914""; ""A Very Particular Success""; ""Notes""; ""3-Confronting the Twentieth Century""; ""Looking Back""; ""New Circumstances, Old Habits?""; ""Great Powers and the League""; ""Notes""; ""4-The Contradictions of the UN Order""

""Privilege at San Francisco""""The Cold War and the UN Order""; ""Notes""; ""5-The Anachronism of the Great Powers""; ""The Great Power Role""; ""The Limits to Managerialism""; ""An Unsustainable Order""; ""Notes""; ""6-The Greatest Power?""; ""The Global Role of the United States""; ""What Kind of Power?""; ""Singularity and the Great Power Role""; ""Notes""; ""7-The Impact of the Emerging Powers""; ""Unsettling the Old Order""; ""Becoming Great Powers?""; ""Great Power in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Notes""; ""8-Power and Order in Contemporary World Politics""

""Great Powers in International Relations""""Power and Order""; ""Notes""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58826-974-4

1-58826-833-0

OCLC:

929119864