Author : Lora Anne Viola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108482252
Explains how actors control access to international resources, creating a stratified international system of political equals and unequals.
Author : Barry Buzan
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198780656
'This is an outstandingly good book, which succeeds on many different levels.The book is exceptionally well structured and well written. There is so much in this book for so many types of scholars of International Relations. I am certain that this book will be seen over time not only as one of the most intellectually impressive mergers of theory and history in the field, but also as a massive advance on US-style neo-realism. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, not least because I became fascinated with the argument, and found myself nodding in admiration as the authors pulled off the feat of bringing all the elements together into a powerful and intellectually impressive discussion of the types of international system found in world history. This is one of the most important books published in the last decade and for intellectual sophistication it leave neo-realism US-style standing, but also drowning.' International Affairs 76:4 (2000) 833-4.This book tells the story of mankinds evolution from a scattering of hunter-gatherer bands to todays integrated global international political economy. It outlines the concept of international systems as a useful framework for all those interested in a big picture understanding of the evolution of human society from earliest times to the present.
Author : Bear F. Braumoeller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,12 MB
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139560441
Do great leaders make history? Or are they compelled to act by historical circumstance? This debate has remained unresolved since Thomas Carlyle and Karl Marx framed it in the mid-nineteenth century, yet implicit answers inform our policies and our views of history. In this book, Professor Bear F. Braumoeller argues persuasively that both perspectives are correct: leaders shape the main material and ideological forces of history that subsequently constrain and compel them. His studies of the Congress of Vienna, the interwar period, and the end of the Cold War illustrate this dynamic, and the data he marshals provide systematic evidence that leaders both shape and are constrained by the structure of the international system.
Author : Ernst O. Göbel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,96 MB
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527344594
The International System of Units, the SI, provides the foundation for all measurements in science, engineering, economics, and society. The SI has been fundamentally revised in 2019. The new SI is a universal and highly stable unit system based on invariable constants of nature. Its implementation rests on quantum metrology and quantum standards, which base measurements on the manipulation and counting of single quantum objects, such as electrons, photons, ions, and flux quanta. This book explains and illustrates the new SI, its impact on measurements, and the quantum metrology and quantum technology behind it. The book is based on the book ?Quantum Metrology: Foundation of Units and Measurements? by the same authors. From the contents: -Measurement -The SI (Système International d?Unités) -Realization of the SI Second: Thermal Beam Cs Clock, Laser Cooling, and the Cs Fountain Clock -Flux Quanta, Josephson Effect, and the SI Volt -Quantum Hall Effect, the SI Ohm, and the SI Farad -Single-Charge Transfer Devices and the SI Ampere -The SI Kilogram, the Mole, and the Planck constant -The SI Kelvin and the Boltzmann Constant -Beyond the present SI: Optical Clocks and Quantum Radiometry -Outlook
Author : Madeleine Herren
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319042114
The book critically investigates the local impact of international organizations beyond a Western rationale and aims to overcome Eurocentric patterns of analysis. Considering Asian and Western examples, the contributions originate from different disciplines and study areas and discuss a global approach, which has been a blind spot in scholarly research on international organizations until now. Using the 1930s as a historical reference, the contributions question role of international organizations during conflicts, war and crises, gaining insights into their function as peacekeeping forces in the 21st century. While chapter one discusses the historicity of international organizations and the availability of sources, the second chapter deliberates on Eurocentrism and science policy, considering the converging of newly created epistemic communities and old diplomatic elites. Chapter 3 sheds light on international organizations as platforms, expanding the field of research from the diversity of organizations to the patterns of global governance. The final chapter turns to the question of how international organizations invented and introduced new fields of action, pointing to the antithetic role of standardization, the preservation of cultural heritage and the difficulties in reaching a non-Western approach.
Author : Christopher S. Clapham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 1996-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521576680
Paying for the state.
Author : Michael I. Handel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 37,49 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780714640730
This work defines weak states and their strengths and weaknesses. It examines why they are weak and their position in different international systems as well as their economic positions.
Author : Edmund Isakov
Publisher : Industrial Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780831134662
This one-of-a-kind book provides detailed information on the metric system, its origin, history, and how the base and derived units were established. The book has four chapters (Measurement Systems, the International System of Units, Metrication in the United States, and United States Metric Association), appendices, an afterword, and references. The book is principally aimed at educating students in the United States, but it will also be of interest to anyone who enjoys the popular sciences. Features History of the English, Metric, and International Systems of units Interesting facts regarding all 29 units of the International System Biographies of 19 scientists and inventors after whom the metric units are named History and timeline of definition of seven base units of the International System History and timeline of definition of 22 derived units of the International System
Author : Xiaoming Huang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,14 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415639662
This book considers the evolving relationship between China and the international system, and the interaction between a China of profound change in its identity, capability, and influence, and an international system that is itself experiencing a process of far-reaching transformation. It develops an analytical framework that allows us to capture, understand and explain a more dynamic pattern of agent-structure interaction in China’s relationship with the international system. By demonstrating a more dynamic and mutually constitutive relationship between China and the international system, the book explores the extent to which both transform themselves in the process, and provides a fuller and more effective assessment of the evolving nature of the relationship. In doing so, it addresses key issues in the current literature on the relationship of China and the international system, and helps close the gap in our knowledge of the conditions and consequences of change and stability in the international system as a result of the change in distributions of power, capability and influence among nation-states.
Author : Ole R Holsti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429708351
Unlike most texts on the international system, which stress continuities, this volume focuses on changes- what has caused them, where they will stop, and perhaps most important, where they will take us. Designed to initiate and structure inquiry into the dynamics of international change, the book is organized to reflect three main dimensions of sys
