LEADER 04744nam 2200841 a 450 001 9910453327803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612964763 010 $a1-4008-3763-4 010 $a1-282-96476-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837632 035 $a(CKB)2550000001251861 035 $a(EBL)664564 035 $a(OCoLC)707067724 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11381943 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553470 035 $a(PQKB)10033462 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487143 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12230313 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487143 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10441900 035 $a(PQKB)11616640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664564 035 $a(OCoLC)899265145 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36689 035 $a(DE-B1597)446734 035 $a(OCoLC)979685740 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837632 035 $a(PPN)195532597$9sudoc 035 $a(PPN)187956812 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10443133 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296476 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001251861 100 $a20110311h20082006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Roman predicament$b[electronic resource] $ehow the rules of international order create the politics of empire /$fHarold James 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2008, c2006 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13635-1 311 $a0-691-12221-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The Model of Decline and Fall -- $tChapter 2. Mercury and Mars -- $tChapter 3. The Questioning of Rules in an Obscure and Irregular System -- $tChapter 4. Can It Last? -- $tChapter 5. The Victory of Mars -- $tChapter 6. Terminus: Beyond the Fringe -- $tChapter 7. The Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Empire -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aModern America owes the Roman Empire for more than gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's Capitol. It can also thank the ancient republic for some helpful lessons in globalization. So argues economic historian Harold James in this masterful work of intellectual history. The book addresses what James terms "the Roman dilemma"--the paradoxical notion that while global society depends on a system of rules for building peace and prosperity, this system inevitably leads to domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. As it did in ancient Rome, James argues, a rule-based world order eventually subverts and destroys itself, creating the need for imperial action. The result is a continuous fluctuation between pacification and the breakdown of domestic order. James summons this argument, first put forth more than two centuries ago in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, to put current events into perspective. The world now finds itself staggering between a set of internationally negotiated trading rules and exchange--rate regimes, and the enforcement practiced by a sometimes-imperial America. These two forces--liberal international order and empire--will one day feed on each other to create a shakeup in global relations, James predicts. To reinforce his point, he invokes the familiar bon mot once applied to the British Empire: "When Britain could not rule the waves, it waived the rules." ? Despite the pessimistic prognostications of Smith and Gibbon, who saw no way out of this dilemma, James ends his book on a less depressing note. He includes a chapter on one possible way in which the world could resolve the Roman Predicament--by opting for a global system based on values as opposed to rules. 606 $aImperialism 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aInternational organization 606 $aSocial values 607 $aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 0$aInternational organization. 615 0$aSocial values. 676 $a325/.32 700 $aJames$b Harold$0375353 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453327803321 996 $aThe Roman predicament$92478076 997 $aUNINA