Rise and Fall of Political Orders

Presents a new theory of the rise, evolution, decline, and collapse of political orders, exploring the impact of late-modernity upon the survival of democratic and authoritarian regimes.

List of contents

1. Political order; 2. Justice, solidarity, and order; 3. Why do order form?; 4. Why do order breakdown? 5. The United States: self-interest; 6. The United States: fairness vs. equality; 7. Britain; 8. China with Martin Dimitrov; 9. Conclusions.

About the author

Richard Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 34 books and over 250 peer reviewed articles and chapters. He has made contributions to the fields of international relations, political psychology, history, political theory, philosophy of science and classics.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Ned Lebow, Richard Ned (King's College London) Lebow, Richard Ned (King''s College London) Lebow, Lebow Richard Ned
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781108460682
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46068-2
• No. of pages: 444
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes