System and Process in International Politics

Informationen zum Autor By Morton Kaplan Klappentext System and Process (1957) broke the mould in political science by combining systems! game! and cybernetic concepts in its theoretical formulations. Since its publication! serious research in international relations has needed to respond to the bold hypotheses that matched equilibrial rules with type of system. Kaplan's life-long interest in finding an objective basis for moral judgments had its scholarly origins in an appendix of this classical book! which incorporated his understanding of philosophy and! in particular! the philosophy of science. A second appendix on 'The Mechanisms of Regulation' explored the cybernetic and recursive nature of knowing. Inhaltsverzeichnis contents New introduction by the author Foreword by William T. R. Fox Preface PART ONE: ON SYSTEMS OF ACTION Chapter one: The analysis of systems of action Chapter two: The international system Chapter three: The international actors PART TWO: ON PROCESSES Chapter four: The regulatory process Chapter five: The integrative and the disintegrative processes Chapter six: Processes and the international system PART THREE: ON VALUES Chapter seven: The realm of values Chapter eight: The national interest and other interests PART FOUR: ON STRATEGY Chapter nine: The theory of games Chapter ten: Some problems in game theory Chapter eleven: Strategy and statecraft CONCLUSION: Unified theory APPENDICES Appendix one: The mechanisms of regulation Appendix two: The realm of values Index

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• Authors: Morton Kaplan, Morton A. Kaplan
• Assisted by: Alan Ware (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2008
• EAN: 9780954796624
• ISBN: 978-0-9547966-2-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Ecpr Press Classics
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education