Description
Where does international order come from? How is it established and maintained? Why does it break down? With every sovereign state its own master, how can order prevail? Answering these questions in a briskly paced, systematic survey, the author explores the rise and fall of successive international systems across the centuries-from the dynastic institutions of Renaissance Europe, to the power-politics systems of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, to the liberal international systems of the contemporary world.
About the Author
Stephen A. Kocs is associate professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross.
Reviews
In this illuminating history, Kocs traces how international order has risen and fallen over the centuries." - G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
"Clear and insightful." - Choice
Book Information
ISBN 9781626378117
Author Stephen A. Kocs
Format Paperback
Page Count 255
Imprint Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Publisher Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc