Hierarchy of States - Reform and Resistance in the International Order

Zusammenfassung An analysis of the international order - the hierarchical state system - both from a theoretical and historical perspective. This study combines examination of theory with an up-to-date account of historical developments! and explores the potential for reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Ideology of International Orders: 1. Order and international relations; 2. International and world order; 3. Kant and the tradition of optimism; 4. Rousseau and the tradition of despair; Part II. The Practice of International Order: 5. Order and change in the international system, 1815-1990; 6. From balance to concert, 1815-1854; 7. Balance without concert, 1856-1914; 8. Concert without balance, 1918-1939; 9. From concert to balance, 1945-1990; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Clark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.1989
• EAN: 9780521372527
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37252-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations; Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education