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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807261203321

Autore

Dark K. R (Ken R.)

Titolo

The waves of time : long-term change and international relations / / K.R. Dark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2018

ISBN

1-4742-8832-4

1-4742-8831-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

History and politics in the 20th century: Bloomsbury Academic collections

Disciplina

320.1/2

Soggetti

International relations

Political stability

Social change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.Beyond the horizon: theories of long-term change in International Relations -- 2.How times change: the interdisciplinary context -- 3.Making history: shared perspectives and shared problems in the study of long-term change -- 4.The waves of time? A new theory of change in socio-political systems -- 5.The origins of international relations: non-state societies -- 6.Cyclical states: the long-term dynamics of socio-political systems in the age of the state -- 7.Volatile networks: socio-political dynamics in the age of the global system.

Sommario/riassunto

"This volume provides an overview of the whole range of long-term analyses in international relations. It evaluates and draws on theoretical approaches in both the humanities and social sciences - in subjects such as sociology, history, anthropology and archaeology - and recent progress in evolutionary theory and the mathematical study of complexity. The resulting analysis reinterprets processes of global political change in the past and present, and opens fresh areas of enquiry for international relations."--Bloomsbury Publishing.