9781577666707-1577666704-Theory of International Politics

Theory of International Politics

ISBN-13: 9781577666707
ISBN-10: 1577666704
Edition: 1
Author: Kenneth N. Waltz
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Waveland Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781577666707
ISBN-10: 1577666704
Edition: 1
Author: Kenneth N. Waltz
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Waveland Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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Theory of International Politics (ISBN-13: 9781577666707 and ISBN-10: 1577666704), written by authors Kenneth N. Waltz, was published by Waveland Press in 2010. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other International & World Politics (Politics & Government) books. You can easily purchase or rent Theory of International Politics (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used International & World Politics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $16.05.

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The seminal text on neorealist analysis! From Theory of International Politics: National politics is the realm of authority, of administration, and of law. International politics is the realm of power, of struggle, and of accommodation. . . . States, like people, are insecure in proportion to the extent of their freedom. If freedom is wanted, insecurity must be accepted. Organizations that establish relations of authority and control may increase security as they decrease freedom. If might does not make right, whether among people or states, then some institution or agency has intervened to lift them out of nature s realm. The more influential the agency, the stronger the desire to control it becomes. In contrast, units in an anarchic order act for their own sakes and not for the sake of preserving an organization and furthering their fortunes within it. Force is used for one s own interest. In the absence of organization, people or states are free to leave one another alone. Even when they do not do so, they are better able, in the absence of the politics of the organization, to concentrate on the politics of the problem and to aim for a minimum agreement that will permit their separate existence rather than a maximum agreement for the sake of maintaining unity. If might decides, then bloody struggles over right can more easily be avoided.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Laws and Theories 2. Reductionist Theories 3. Systemic Approaches and Theories 4. Reductionist and Systemic Theories 5. Political Structures 6. Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power 7. Structural Causes and Economic Effects 8. Structural Causes and Military Effects 9. The Management of International Affairs

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