Evolutionary interpretations of world politics
By: edited by William R. Thompson.
Contributors: Thompson, William R.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: World politics -- Congresses.; International relations -- Philosophy -- Congresses.; International cooperation -- Congresses.; Power (Social sciences) -- Congresses.; Political psychology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. versions of papers originally presented at conference held Dec. 1998, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: p a r t I: Central Paradigmatic Questions About Interpretation; title: 1. Evolutionary World Politics: Problems of Scope and Method; title: George Modelski; title: 2. Evolutionary World Politics Enriched: The Biological Foundations; title: of International Relations; title: Vincent S. E. Falger; title: 3. Obstacles to an Evolutionary Global Politics Research Program; title: David P. Rapkin; title: p a r t II: Bridges to Other Perspectives; title: 4. Evolutionary Tendencies in Realist and Liberal IR Theory; title: Jennifer Sterling-Folker; title: 5. Diversity or Uniformity in the Modern World?; title: Answers from Evolutionary Theory, Learning,; title: and Social Adaptation; title: Hendrik Spruyt; title: 6. The Evolution of International Norms:; title: Choice, Learning, Power, and Identity; title: Stewart Patrick; title: p a r t III: Applications to Conflict and Cooperation; title: 7. Evolution in Domestic Politics and the Development of Rivalry:; title: The Bolivia-Paraguay Case; title: Paul R. Hensel; title: 8. Expectancy Theory, Strategic Rivalry Deescalation,; title: and the Evolution of the Sino-Soviet Case; title: William R Thompson; title: 9. Political Shocks and the Deescalation of Protracted Conflicts:; title: The Israeli-Palestinian Case; title: Karen A. Rasler; title: p a r t I V: Applications to International Political Economy; title: 10. Egalitarian Social Movements and New World Orders; title: CraigN. Murphy; title: 11. Technological Capacity as Fitness: An Evolutionary Model; title: of Change in the International Political Economy; title: Sangbae Kim andJeffley A. Hart; title: 12. Continuity versus Evolutionary Shift: Global Financial Expansion; title: and the State; title: Brian M. Pollins; title: About the Contributors; title: Index.