Title: The dissolution of power; a sociology of international relations and politics.
Authors: Brucan, Silviu, 1916-
Publisher: Knopf,
Year: 1971
Subjects: International relations
Contents: 1. The theory and its practical use -- 2. International relations and international politics -- 3. The particularities of international relations : The method ; Geographic milieu ; Population growth ; Production and reproduction ; Social forces: class and nation ; Contingency factors -- 4. The origins of politics : Back to primitive society ; Inequality at the root of politics ; Evolving internal-external politics ; Within class and national frameworks -- 5. The essentials of international politics : The state and international politics ; The nation and international politics ; National character ; National interest ; National power -- 6. What keeps nations together : The ethnic community ; The making of the nation ; The integration of the nation ; The catalyst ; All nations are nationalist -- 7. A sociological theory of foreign policy : Casual relationships ; A pre-theory of foreign policy ; A theory of American foreign policy -- 8. The concept and process of integration : The prerequisites for successful integration ; The layers to be integrated ; The politics of integration ; The change in power -- 9. A new type of revolution? : Power and society ; The dissolution of power ; To think anew -- 10. The world dialectics of integration : Technological-interdependence pressure ; Big-power politics ; The self-assertion of nations ; Social change -- 11. Speculation about the future : The predicament of the United Nations ; The models of the seventies and the year 2000 ; The missing variable.