LEADER 02572nam 22004692 450 001 9910797977503321 005 20210207161152.0 010 $a90-485-2989-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048529896 035 $a(CKB)3710000000539546 035 $a(EBL)4391579 035 $a(DE-B1597)502530 035 $a(OCoLC)1038664839 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048529896 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789048529896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4391579 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000539546 100 $a20201013d2015|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPower politics /$fRob de Wijk ; translation [from the Dutch]: Vivien Collingwood$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (212 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). 311 $a94-6298-052-7 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction: 19th-century behaviour in the 21st century? --$t2. Power and world order --$t3. Power and prosperity --$t4. What determines a country's power? --$t5. The rise and fall of great powers --$t6. The consequences of declining power --$t7. The declining power of Europe --$t8. Europe's soft power --$t9. The struggle for Ukraine --$t10. The rising power of China --$t11. Power politics in Asia --$t12. Conclusion: a stable or unstable world? --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aWe tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains a force on the international scene. Offering analyses of such actions as Putin's annexation of the Crimea and China's attempts to claim large parts of the South China Sea, de Wijk explains why power politics never truly went away-and why, as the West's position weakens, it's likely to play a bigger and bigger role on the global stage in the coming years. 606 $aBalance of power 610 $aPolitics. 615 0$aBalance of power. 676 $a327.112 700 $aWijk$b Rob de$f1954-$01530104 702 $aCollingwood$b Vivien 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797977503321 996 $aPower politics$93774886 997 $aUNINA