Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 506 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 506 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
ISBN: 978-0-521-46972-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In this book Gary Goertz examines how states interact with their environment and contexts, which are important in understanding international politics. He presents a philosophical, methodological and empirical discussion of three important contexts which affect decision makers: history, system structure, and international norms. The effects of these contexts are explored by viewing context in turn as cause, as changing meaning, and as a barrier. The book engages with the literature on structural realism and international regimes, and uses rational actor and diffusion models as theoretical references. A number of concrete studies are provided using these contextual tools, including oil nationalisation, USSR-East European relations, enduring rivalries, and decolonisation. These empirical examples illustrate the fruitfulness of the contextual approach to international politics.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction; 2. Modes of context; 3. Context as changing meaning; 4. Contextual indicators; 5. Rational actor and diffusion models; 6. Barrier models of context; 7. Oil nationalization, 1918–1980; 8. Eastern Europe, 1945–1989; 9. Historical contexts; 10. Enduring rivalries; 11. The context of international norms; 12. The norm of decolonization; 13. Postface: interacting contexts and explaining contexts.
