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Informationen zum Autor By Jean Kachiga Klappentext In modern world politics, there exists a dynamic of change, and an observable pattern of phenomena. These phenomena consist of driving forces, of new paradigms that their exigencies induce, of new epochs that such exigencies provoke, of adjustments made by states (who may be initiators, new comers, late comers, or inactive), and of shifts in the hierarchy of world powers that the differentiated rate of their adjustment success produces, causing what power shift theory refers to as hegemonic transition. This book examines the conditions under which such change occurs, the recurrence of such change in various epochs of the modern era, and the pattern that such recurrence displays in order to explain the recurrent shift in the hierarchy of wealth, status and power among peer states. Zusammenfassung This book embraces a historical perspective to comprehensively explore the current state of change in world politics. It is concerned with changes that impact world and state prosperity and security rather than the conditions that recurrently produce such changes. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The Long View Approach to World PoliticsChapter 2: Dynamics and Recurrence in Modern World PoliticsChapter 3: Feudalism: The Starting PointChapter 4: The Emergence of MercantilismChapter 5: From Feudalism to Agrarian CapitalismChapter 6: From Agrarian Capitalism to Commercial/Financial CapitalismChapter 7: From Commercial/Financial Capitalism to Industrial CapitalismChapter 8: The Case of Marxism: An Aborted Attempt to Paradigm Shift Chapter 9: From Industrial Capitalism to Liberalism Chapter 10: From Liberalism to Neo-LiberalismConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author
