02582nam 2200589 450 991046518710332120200520144314.01-4214-1278-0(CKB)2560000000141576(EBL)3318807(SSID)ssj0001183082(PQKBManifestationID)11675834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001183082(PQKBWorkID)11175096(PQKB)10362274(MiAaPQ)EBC3318807(OCoLC)875894743(MdBmJHUP)muse32559(Au-PeEL)EBL3318807(CaPaEBR)ebr10856971(EXLCZ)99256000000014157620140414h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaxwell's demon and the golden apple global discord in the new millennium /Randall L. SchwellerBaltimore, Maryland :Johns Hopkins University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (213 p.)Includes index.1-4214-1277-2 Introduction : navigating the chaos of contemporary world politics : network vs. no-work -- Understanding the language of energy : why entropy does not herald doomsday -- Entropy as metaphor : pattern recognition, time's arrow, and the big chill -- The multidimensions of disorder : thermodynamics and world politics -- The role of emerging powers in the age of entropy, or, What happens when the sheriff leaves town and anonymous moves in -- How power diffusion works to a state's advantage : this is not your great-grandfather's multipolar world -- Rising entropy at the macro level : the world is not flat in purgatory -- Rising entropy at the micro level : information overload and the advent of truthiness -- Maxwell's demon and angry birds : big data to the rescue?World politics21st centuryForecastingInternational relationsForecastingInternational organizationForecastingTwenty-first centuryForecastsElectronic books.World politicsForecasting.International relationsForecasting.International organizationForecasting.Twenty-first century327.1Schweller Randall L.969375MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465187103321Maxwell's demon and the golden apple2202822UNINA