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Emergent actors in world politics: How states & nations develop & dissolve

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The disappearance and formation of states and nations after the end of the Cold War have proved puzzling to both theorists and policymakers. Lars-Erik Cederman argues that this lack of conceptual preparation stems from two tendencies in conventional theorizing. First, the dominant focus on cohesive nation-states as the only actors of world politics obscures crucial differences between the state and the nation. Second, traditional theory usually treats these units as fixed. Cederman offers a fresh way of analyzing world politics: complex adaptive systems modeling. He provides a new series of models--not ones that rely on rational-choice, but rather computerized thought-experiments--that separate the state from the nation and incorporate these as emergent rather than preconceived actors. This theory of the emergent actor shifts attention away from the exclusively behavioral focus of conventional international relations theory toward a truly dynamic perspective that treats the actors of world politics as dependent rather than independent variables.

Cederman illustrates that while structural realist predictions about unit-level invariance hold up under certain circumstances, they are heavily dependent on fierce power competition, which can result in unipolarity instead of the balance of power. He provides a thorough examination of the processes of nationalist mobilization and coordination in multi-ethnic states. Cederman states that such states' efforts to instill loyalty in their ethnically diverse populations may backfire, and that, moreover, if the revolutionary movement is culturally split, its identity becomes more inclusive as the power gap in the imperial center's favor increases.

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Ketersediaan

2024-2806

327.101 Ced e

Perpustakaan Diplomasi

Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

327.101 Ced e

Penerbit

New Jersey : Princeton University Press., 1997

Deskripsi Fisik

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations (black and white) : bibl: hlm 233-253 : index ; 23 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-691-02148-1

Klasifikasi

327.101

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

International relations
World politics--1989-
National state

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Lars-Erik Cederman

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