Empires, Systems and States

Empires, Systems and States
Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521016865

This volume brings together a collection of leading scholars to consider various dimensions of the 'turn' to history in International Relations. The scope of this volume is broad. It includes conventional accounts of the development of the European states system, but is not limited by it. Other essays consider the non-European experience; a number of path-breaking essays on how other cultures and continents have ordered their political communities, in particular, the question how and why a states system triumphed over other forms of political organisation. The theme of the subtitle - great transformations - is pursued by each author. The essays consider one of the biggest questions of our time, namely, how did we arrive at this historical and institutional expression of political community? And what alternative future world orders exist? The volume will be of interest to scholars of International Relations and History interested in great transformations in world politics.

The Political Systems of Empires

The Political Systems of Empires
Author: Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2017-07-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351477153

Winner of the prestigious MacIver Award when it was first published, this remains a towering work of modern political sociology, especially of macrosociology. Its main objective is comparative analysis of political commonalities found in different societies, both historical and present. The book seeks to find some pattern or laws in the structure and development of such systems. The imaginative use of data helps to bring order into what might otherwise be considered a speculative volume. The purpose of The Political Systems of Empires is to apply sociological concepts to the analysis of historical societies through the comparative analysis of a special type of political system. This analysis does not purport to be historical or descriptive. Its main objective is comparative analysis of political commonalities found in different societies. The book seeks to find some pattern or laws in the structure and development of such systems.

Empires

Empires
Author: Herfried Münkler
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2007-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0745638716

This overview of Empire is from an eminent German scholar working in the field of imperialism. It also discusses the critical debates surrounding Empire by scholars such as Negri, Mann and Ingatieff.

Systems of States

Systems of States
Author: Martin Wight
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1977
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Empires in World History

Empires in World History
Author: Jane Burbank
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691152365

Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries.

Boundaries of the International

Boundaries of the International
Author: Jennifer Pitts
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2018-03-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0674980816

It is commonly believed that international law originated in respectful relations among free and equal European states. But as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged as much through Europeans' domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy visible in the unequal structures of today's international order.

Empire State

Empire State
Author: Adam Christopher
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0857661930

THE EMPIRE STATE IS THE OTHER NEW YORK. A parallel-universe, Prohibition-era world of mooks and shamuses that is the twisted magic mirror to our bustling Big Apple, a place where sinister characters lurk around every corner while the great superheroes that once kept the streets safe have fallen into dysfunctional rivalries and feuds. Not that its colourful residents know anything about the real New York… until detective Rad Bradley makes a discovery that will change the lives of all its inhabitants. Playing on the classic Gotham conventions of the Batman comics and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, debut author Adam Christopher has spun this smart and fast-paced superhero-noir adventure, the sort of souped-up thrill ride that will excite genre fans and general readers alike. File Under: Science Fiction [ Pocket Universe | Heroes or Villains | Speak Easy | Loyalties Divided ] e-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-194-4

Parallel Empires

Parallel Empires
Author: Massimo Franco
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

With unprecedented access to secret Vatican archives and a range of American sources, Franco traces the power struggles between two great RempiresS--one of secular might, the other of moral influence.