States, Nations, and the Great Powers

The Sources of Regional War and Peace

Bibliographic Data

ID23396854
AuthorsBenjamin Miller (0000-0002-4003-1587, University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-08-30
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueStates, Nations, and the Great Powers (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511491566
OpenAlexW2892287610
Open LibraryOL34437767M
ISBN9780511491566
LanguageEN
Citations received62
References cited1

Why are some regions prone to war while others remain at peace? What conditions cause regions to move from peace to war and vice versa? This book offers a novel theoretical explanation for the differences and transitions between war and peace. The author distinguishes between 'hot' and 'cold' outcomes, depending on intensity of the war or the peace, and then uses three key concepts (state, nation, and the international system) to argue that it is the specific balance between states and nations in different regions that determines the hot or warm outcomes: the lower the balance, the higher the war proneness of the region, while the higher the balance, the warmer the peace. The theory of regional war and peace developed in this book is examined through case-studies of the post-1945 Middle East, the Balkans and South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and post-1945 Western Europe.

Balance (ability) · Cold war · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Middle East · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · World War II · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology