02403nam a22003738a 4500 CR9780511996337 UkCbUP 20171019125151.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101222s2011||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511996337 (ebook) 9781107011700 (hardback) 9781107634596 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JZ1313 .I67 2011 327.101 23 International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity / Edited by G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno, William C. Wohlforth. International Relations Theory & the Consequences of Unipolarity Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). The end of the Cold War and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a new unipolar international system that presented fresh challenges to international relations theory. Since the Enlightenment, scholars have speculated that patterns of cooperation and conflict might be systematically related to the manner in which power is distributed among states. Most of what we know about this relationship, however, is based on European experiences between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, when five or more powerful states dominated international relations, and the latter twentieth century, when two superpowers did so. Building on a highly successful special issue of the leading journal World Politics, this book seeks to determine whether what we think we know about power and patterns of state behaviour applies to the current 'unipolar' setting and, if not, how core theoretical propositions about interstate interactions need to be revised. Balance of power Unipolarity (International relations) Ikenberry, G. John, editor of compilation. Mastanduno, Michael, editor of compilation. Wohlforth, William C., editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107011700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511996337 226611 226611