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List of contents
Chapter 1 Engaging Polarity: An Introduction
Chapter 2 Between The Conceptual and The Methodological
Chapter 3 Between The Conceptual and The Analytical:
Engaging The Theoretical Frameworks
Chapter 4 The Far Eastern World Political System
Chapter 5 The Near East-Middle Eastern World Political System
Chapter 6 The Indic World Political System
Chapter 7 The Mediterranean World Political System
Chapter 8 The Medieval World Political System
Chapter 9 The Global Political System
Chapter 10 After Polarity: Findings and Aftermath
About the author
Nerses Kopalyan, Ph.D., is an assistant professor-in-residence of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His fields of specialization include international relations, political theory, and philosophy of science. He has conducted extensive research on analytic philosophy, feminist theory, theories of war, political violence, and paradigm building. He is the coauthor of Sex, Power, and Politics (2016).
Summary
Conceptualizing, testing and analysing power configurations and transitional patterns within world political systems this study observes what power configuration unipolar systems transition into, gauges probable outcomes, and addresses whether a discernible pattern may be ascertained.
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"In this excellent book, Nerses Kopalyan offers a rich analysis of polarity in historical and contemporary international systems. His findings challenge many of the assumptions deeply held in international relations theory, in particular on the inevitability of polarity and balance of power. He shows quite convincingly that world history from different civilizations contain examples of diverse kinds of power structures including non-polar formulations. A valuable addition to scholarship on a neglected topic, one that moves away from Western-centrism in IR theory." - T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Canada
