Michael Nicholson

Formal Theories in International Relations

Herausgeber: Biersteker, Thomas J.; Smith, Steve

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1989, gives a critical account of formal international relations theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780521399678
• ISBN-10: 052139967X
• Artikelnr.: 24589698

Autorenporträt

Michael Nicholson has been an independent filmmaker since the mid-1970s, writing, filming, directing, editing, some animations, and selling his films of various lengths to Australian television over the years. Nicholson has also written various books and has had several art exhibitions. He is married to Fatma Beyen, an architect from Istanbul, and they have a daughter, Melissa, who has a bachelor's degree in filmmaking.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Formal theory in an intellectual context
2. Presuppositions of a formal approach to international relations
3. Cooperation and conflict amongst self-interested states
4. The problem of uncertainty: the conceptual issues
5. Uncertainty in the international system: applications
6. Bargaining and conflict termination
7. A world of many actors: alliances
8. Models of the arms race
9. Continuity and discontinuity: catastrophe theory
10. The international system as a whole
11. The process of decision
12. Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.