{"product_id":"systems-in-crisis-new-imperatives-of-high-politics-at-centurys-end-hardback-9780521401852","title":"Systems in Crisis; New Imperatives of High Politics at Century's End (Hardback) 9780521401852","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSystems in Crisis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Imperatives of High Politics at Century's End\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Doran develops a theory of the power cycle that reveals the structural bounds on statecraft and the trauma of adjusting to these shifting tides of history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles F. Doran (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521401852, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 13 b\/w illus.  5 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.565 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...a wide-ranging and incisive book...among the most important theoretical and empirical additions to the causes-of-war literature of the past decade.\"   American Political Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUncertainty is the watchword of contemporary world politics. Monumental changes are occurring throughout the international system and statespeople are wrestling with peaceful solutions to the transformation in relative power of the USA, Soviet Union and China, Japan and in Europe. In this book, Charles Doran proposes a managed solution to peaceful change. He presents a bold, original and wide-ranging analysis of the present balance of power, of future prospects for the international system and of the problems involved in this transformation. Professor Doran demonstrates why such change has often been accompanied by world war, providing new insights into the causes of the First World War. But, he argues, systems change can be both peaceful and secure. Developing a theory of the power cycle, the author reveals the structural bounds on statecraft and shows how the tides of history can suddenly and unexpectedly shift against the state.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: new perspectives on the causes and management of systems crisis\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Dynamics of State Power and Role: Systems Structure: 1. What is power cycle theory? Introducing the main concepts\u003cbr\u003e 2. Measuring national capability and power 3. The cycle of state power and role\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Dynamics of Major War and Systems Transformation: 4. Critical intervals on the power cycle: why wars become major\u003cbr\u003e 5. Systemic disequilibrium and world war\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Dynamics of General Equilibrium and World Order: 6. Prerequisites of world order: international political equilibrium\u003cbr\u003e 7. World order and systems transformation: guidelines for statecraft\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Systems Transformation and World Order at Century's End: 8. Systems change since 1945: instability at critical points and awareness of the power cycle\u003cbr\u003e 9. Is decline inevitable? US leadership and the systemic security dilemma\u003cbr\u003e 10. Systems transformation and the new imperatives of high politics\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: mathematical relations in the power cycle\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007235674392,"sku":"9780521401852","price":91.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521401852i_65690dcd-47b4-46b7-868b-dd1987ffbce2.jpg?v=1691381147","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/systems-in-crisis-new-imperatives-of-high-politics-at-centurys-end-hardback-9780521401852","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}