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World Out of Balance

International Relations and the Challenge of American Primacy

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ID19945461
AuthorsStephen G Brooks, William C Wohlforth
Year2008
Pages248
Publication date2008-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWorld Out of Balance (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9781400837601
OpenAlexW619245769
Open LibraryOL16717941M
ISBN9781400837601
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDfMWRJy1MznUC
LanguageEN
Citations received176

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO: Realism, Balance-of-Power Theory, and the Counterbalancing Constraint 22 CHAPTER THREE: Realism, Balance-of-Threat Theory, and the Soft Balancing Constraint 60 CHAPTER FOUR: Liberalism, Globalization, and Constraints Derived from Economic Interdependence 98 CHAPTER FIVE: Institutionalism and the Constraint of Reputation 148 CHAPTER SIX: Constructivism and the Constraint of Legitimacy 171 CHAPTER SEVEN: A New Agenda 208 Index 219

Balance (ability) · Constraint (computer-aided design) · Constructivism (international relations) · Epistemology · Institutionalism · International relations · International relations theory · Legitimacy · Liberalism · Political science · Politics · Realism · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology · World Systems and Global Transformations · 2001-2009 · 20th century · 21st century · Balance of power · foreign relations · Globalization · united states · World politics

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Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
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