The post-Cold War international system
Subtitle: strategies, institutions, and reflexivity
By: Ewan Harrison.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: International relations.; World politics -- 1989-
Description: "The end of the Cold War has opened up a 'real world laboratory' in which to test and refine general theories of international relations. Using the frameworks provided by structural realism, institutionalism and liberalism, The Post-Cold War International System examines how major powers responded to the collapse of the Soviet Union and developed their foreign policies over the period of post-Cold War transition." "This book argues that the democratic peace has begun to generate powerful socialization effects, due to the emergence of a critical mass of liberal democratic states since the end of the Cold War. The trend this has produced is similar to a pattern that classical realists have interpreted as 'bandwagoning' within a unipolar power structure. Case studies of Germany, China and Japan - identified as key states with the potential to challenge US dominance - provide evidence to support the assessment of international change. The author concludes by exploring the implications of September 11 for the analysis developed." "This important volume argues that the end of the Cold War was a major historical turning point in the development of world politics with fundamental implications for the basic way in which the dynamics of the international system are conceptualized. It will interest all students and researchers of international politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theoretical frameowrk; title: Operationalising liberal predictions; title: Chapter structure; title: Reassessing the logic of anarchy : rationality versus reflexivity; title: The neorealist model; title: The institutionalist model; title: The liberal model; title: Towards a general synthesis; title: Conclusions; title: German foreign policy after the Cold War; title: Neorealism; title: Institutionalism; title: Liberalism 1 : domestic variation; title: Liberalism 2 : Germany's choices; title: Japanese foreign policy after the Cold War; title: Neorealism; title: Institutionalism; title: Liberalism 1 : domestic variation; title: Liberalism 2 : Japan's choices; title: Chinese foreign policy after the Cold War; title: Neorealism; title: Institutionalism; title: Liberalism 1 : domestic variation; title: Liberalism 2 : China's choices; title: Conclusions; title: International relations theory after the Cold War; title: General patterns of institutionalised activity; title: Foreign policy adjustments.