New Forces,...+future of World Politics

Introduction: The New, The Old, and the Durable. I. LEGACIES. 1. The Inherited Foundations: Basic Structure and Norms of the Nation-State System. 2. Precursors of the Modern State System. 3. The Development of the Modern International System: From Classical Balance to Cold War Bipolarity. II. THE DEMISE OF THE COLD WAR. 4. Changing Geopolitical Realities. 5. Implosion in the Soviet Sphere. 6. Theories About the End of the Cold War. 7. Post-Cold War Disorder. III. THE EMERGING WORLD POLITY: ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SYSTEMATIC DETERMINANTS. 8. The Global Polyarchy. 9. The Impact of Science and Technology on Community. 10. The Rise of Ecopolitics. 11. Economic Transnationalism. 12. The Rights of Individuals and Communities Vis-A-Vis Nation- States. 13. The Problem of Incongruence. Conclusion: Justice and Realism in the Emerging World Polity.Brown, Seyom is the author of 'New Forces,...+future of World Politics' with ISBN 9780673522108 and ISBN 0673522105.