This book takes into account the dramatic changes associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and significant developments in the

A John Hope Franklin Center Book.

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During its 500-year history, the modern world-system has seen several shifts in hegemony. Yet, since the decline of the U.S. in the 1970s, no single core power

This book provides a major review of the state of international theory. It is focused around the issue of whether the positivist phase of international theory i