Emergent actors in world politics
Subtitle: how states and nations develop and dissolve
By: Lars-Erik Cederman.
Series: Princeton studies in complexity
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: International relations -- Philosophy; National state; Newly independent states; World politics -- 1989-
Description: In this book, Cederman effectively illustrates that while structural realist predictions about unit-level invariance hold up under certain circumstances, they are heavily dependent on fierce power competition, which can result in unipolarity instead of the balance of power. Emergent Actors in World Politics provides a thorough examination of the processes of nationalist mobilization and coordination in multi-ethnic states.

Cederman points out that such states' efforts to instill loyalty in their ethnically diverse populations may backfire, and that, moreover, if the revolutionary movement is culturally split, its identity becomes more inclusive as the power gap in the imperial center's favor increases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and index.