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War and Change in World Politics introduces the reader to an important new theory of international political change. Arguing that the fundamental nature of international relations has not changed over the millennia, Professor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order. The discussion focuses on the differential growth of power in the international system and the result of this unevenness. A shift in the balance of power - economic or military - weakens the foundations of the existing system, because those gaining power see the increasing benefits and the decreasing cost of changing the system. The result, maintains Gilpin, is that actors seek to alter the system through territorial, political, or economic expansion until the marginal costs of continuing change are greater than the marginal benefits. When states develop the power to change the system according to their interests they will strive to do so- either by increasing economic efficiency and maximizing mutual gain, or by redistributing wealth and power in their own favour.

Social change --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Polemology --- International relations --- Research. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Relations internationales --- Recherche --- #SBIB:327.1H10 --- Internationale betrekkingen: theorieën --- VIE INTERNATIONALE --- THEORIES ET MODELES --- ACTEURS --- ELUS --- FACTEURS --- ENJEUX --- PAIX --- GUERRE

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Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations theories to make sense of what diplomacy and diplomats do, this book explores what diplomacy and diplomats can contribute to the big theoretical and practical debates in international relations today. Sharp identifies a diplomatic tradition of international thought premised on the way people live in groups, the differences between intra- and inter-group relations, and the perspectives which those who handle inter-group relations develop about the sorts of international disputes which occur. He argues that the lessons of diplomacy are that we should be reluctant to judge, ready to appease, and alert to the partial grounds on which most universal claims about human beings are made.

International relations. Foreign policy --- Diplomacy. --- International relations --- Diplomatie --- Diplomatieke betrekkingen. --- Internationale Politik --- Theorievorming. --- Philosophy. --- #SBIB:327.1H10 --- #SBIB:327.6H00 --- 823 Diplomatie --- History --- Internationale betrekkingen: theorieën --- Internationale en diplomatieke relaties: algemeen --- Diplomatie. --- Internationale Politik. --- Diplomacy --- Diplomatieke betrekkingen --- Theorievorming --- Philosophy --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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World political processes, such as wars and globalisation, are engendered by complex sets of causes and conditions. Although the idea of causation is fundamental to the field of International Relations, what the concept of cause means or entails has remained an unresolved and contested matter. In recent decades ferocious debates have surrounded the idea of causal analysis, some scholars even questioning the legitimacy of applying the notion of cause in the study of International Relations. This book suggests that underlying the debates on causation in the field of International Relations is a set of problematic assumptions (deterministic, mechanistic and empiricist) and that we should reclaim causal analysis from the dominant discourse of causation. Milja Kurki argues that reinterpreting the meaning, aims and methods of social scientific causal analysis opens up multi-causal and methodologically pluralist avenues for future International Relations scholarship.

International relations. Foreign policy --- International relations --- Relations internationales --- Study and teaching --- Research --- Philosophy --- Etude et enseignement --- Recherche --- Philosophie --- #SBIB:327.1H10 --- Study and teaching. --- Research. --- Philosophy. --- Internationale betrekkingen: theorieën --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- International relations - Study and teaching --- International relations - Research --- International relations - Philosophy

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A tour de force examination of the contemporary ideological landscape by one of the world's leading analysts of globalization. - ;Neoliberalism. Neoconservatism. Postmarxism. Postmodernism. Is there really something genuinely new about today's isms? Have we moved past our traditional ideological landscape? Combining political history, philosophical interpretation, and good old-fashioned story-telling, Manfred Steger traces ideology's remarkable journey from Count Destutt de Tracy's Enlightenment "" to President George W. Bush's "" Rejecting futile attempts to. "" modern political belief system

Political science --- Right and left (Political science) --- Ideology --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Science History --- History --- State, The --- History. --- History of theories --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 1700-1799 --- Science politique --- Droite et gauche (Science politique) --- Idéologie --- Histoire --- 211 Politieke filosofie --- #SBIB:327.1H10 --- Internationale betrekkingen: theorieën

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'Transforming the European Nation State' provides a comprehensive introduction to the key political issues and concepts that characterize the contemporary study of Europe, especially the issue of governance beyond the nation state.

Political systems --- European Union --- Globalization. --- Globalization --- Nation-state --- International Relations --- Law, Politics & Government --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Nation-state. --- Geografie --- Sociale geografie --- Politieke Geografie. --- #SBIB:013.IEB --- #SBIB:327.1H10 --- #SBIB:328H200 --- National state --- Internationale betrekkingen: theorieën --- Instellingen en beleid: Europa: comparatief / diverse landen --- State, The --- National interest --- Self-determination, National --- European federation --- Democracy --- Regionalism (International organization) --- International organization --- SYSTEMES POLITIQUES --- ETAT --- THEORIES DE L'ETAT