Michael P. Colaresi, Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson

Strategic Rivalries in World Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines cases of strategic rivalries and identifies the extent of their effect on international conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9780521881340
• ISBN-10: 052188134X
• Artikelnr.: 22959748

Autorenporträt

Michael P. Colaresi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. About Strategic Rivalries: 1. An introduction to strategic
rivalries; 2. Defining and identifying strategic rivalries in world
politics; 3. Describing strategic rivalries; Part II. The Dangers of
Strategic Rivalries: Crisis Behavior and Escalation: 4. Protracted conflict
and crisis escalation; 5. Serial crisis behavior and escalating risks; Part
III. Playing to Type: Spatial and Positional Issues in Strategic Rivalries:
6. Contiguity, space and position in the major power subsystem; 7.
Initiating and escalating positional and spatial rivalries; Part IV.
Filling in Some Steps to War: 8. Arms buildups and alliances in the
steps-to-war theory; 9. Contested territory and conflict escalation; Part
V. Strategic Rivalries and Conflict: 10. Inducements, facilitators, and
suppressors.