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Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Crises in the Twentieth Century: Crisis, conflict and instability written by Michael Brecher and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : Pergamon
ISBN 13 : 9780080365039
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Crisis, Conflict, and Instability written by Michael Brecher and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472903128
Total Pages : 1094 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book A Study of Crisis written by Michael Brecher and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of widespread turmoil, including two world wars, the end of the colonial era in world history, and a large number of international crises and conflicts. This book is designed to shed light on the causes and consequences of military-security crises since the end of World War I, in every region, across diverse economic and political regimes, and cultures. The primary aim of this volume is to uncover patterns of crises, conflicts and wars and thereby to contribute to the advancement of international peace and world order. The culmination of more than twenty years of research by Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, the book analyzes crucial themes about crisis, conflict, and war and presents systematic knowledge about more than 400 crises, thirty-one protracted conflicts and almost 900 state participants. The authors explore many aspects of conflict, including the ethnic dimension, the effect of different kinds of political regimes--notably the question whether democracies are more peaceful than authoritarian regimes, and the role of violence in crisis management. They employ both case studies and aggregate data analysis in a Unified Model of Crisis to focus on two levels of analysis--hostile interactions among states, and the behavior of decision-makers who must cope with the challenge posed by a threat to values, time pressure, and the increased likelihood that military hostilities will engulf them. This book will appeal to scholars in history, political science, sociology, and economics as well as policy makers interested in the causes and effects of crises in international relations. The rich data sets will serve researchers for years to come as they probe additional aspects of crisis, conflict and war in international relations. Michael Brecher is R. B. Angus Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Jonathan Wilkenfeld is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. They are the coauthors of Crises in the Twentieth Century: A Handbook of International Crisis, among other books and articles.
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Crises in the Twentieth Century: Handbook of foreign policy crises written by Michael Brecher and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483100553
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Crises in World Politics written by Michael Brecher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crises in World Politics: Theory & Reality presents the study of international conflict. This book discusses the danger of crises to global and regional stability. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with an overview of the key concepts of the inquiry, conflict, crisis, and war. This text then explores the four phases of an interstate crisis, namely, onset, escalation, de-escalation, and impact. Other chapters consider the unified model of crisis, which is applied to the Gulf Crisis-War of 1990–91. This book discusses as well the most intense military-security crisis in the 20th century, the dynamics of the process, and how the actors coped with their crisis. The final chapter summarizes the primary findings about models and concepts, and about each phase and its corresponding period at the actor level, namely, pre-crisis, crisis, end-crisis, and post-crisis. This book is a valuable resource for historians, policy makers, and social scientists.
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783319571553
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (715 download)
Download or read book A Century of Crisis and Conflict in the International System written by Michael Brecher and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to present a fully developed theory of international crisis and conflict, along with substantial evidence of these two closely related phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of these topics at a theoretical level, defining and elaborating on core concepts: international crisis, interstate conflict, severity, and impact. This is followed by a discussion of the international system, along with two significant illustrations, the Berlin Blockade crisis (1948) and the India-Pakistan crisis over Kashmir (1965-66). The book then presents a unified model of crisis, focusing on the four phases of an international crisis, which incorporate the four periods of foreign policy crises for individual states. Findings from thirteen conflicts representing six regional clusters are then analyzed, concluding with a set of hypotheses and evidence on conflict onset, persistence, and resolution.
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472070015
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book International Political Earthquakes written by Michael Brecher and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008-08-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Political Earthquakes is the masterwork of the preeminent scholar Michael Brecher. Brecher, who came of age before World War II, has witnessed more than seven decades of conflict and has spent his career studying the dynamics of relations among nations throughout the world. When terrorism, ethnic conflict, military buildup, or other local tensions spark an international crisis, Brecher argues that the structure of global politics determines its potential to develop into open conflict. That conflict, in turn, may then generate worldwide political upheaval. Comparing international crises to earthquakes, Brecher proposes a scale analogous to the Richter scale to measure the severity and scope of the impact of a crisis on the landscape of international politics. Brecher's conclusions about the causes of international conflict and its consequences for global stability make a convincing case for gradual, nonviolent approaches to crisis resolution. Michael Brecher is R. B. Angus Professor of Political Science at McGill University.
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319571567
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Download or read book A Century of Crisis and Conflict in the International System written by Michael Brecher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to present a fully developed theory of international crisis and conflict, along with substantial evidence of these two closely related phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of these topics at a theoretical level, defining and elaborating on core concepts: international crisis, interstate conflict, severity, and impact. This is followed by a discussion of the international system, along with two significant illustrations, the Berlin Blockade crisis (1948) and the India-Pakistan crisis over Kashmir (1965-66). The book then presents a unified model of crisis, focusing on the four phases of an international crisis, which incorporate the four periods of foreign policy crises for individual states. Findings from thirteen conflicts representing six regional clusters are then analyzed, concluding with a set of hypotheses and evidence on conflict onset, persistence, and resolution.
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319475754
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Dynamics of the Arab-Israel Conflict written by Michael Brecher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises findings from the author's wide-ranging research since 1948 on the unresolved Arab/Israel protracted conflict. Brecher reflects back on his detailed analysis of the UN Commission created in November 1947, and his near-seven decades of research and publications on this complex protracted conflict continued since the first of nine Arab/Israeli wars. The book includes an analysis of the crucial early phase of the unresolved struggle for control of Jerusalem in 1948-49 and beyond, based on extensive interviews with Israel’s leaders and prominent Egyptian senior officials, journalists and academics. It addresses the many diverse attempts at conflict resolution, including a peace plan to resolve the Arab/Israel conflict of the author's own design. It concludes with historical reflections about Israel’s behavior, domestically and externally, in 1948-1949 and 2008 and beyond. No other book on this protracted conflict contains so many important interviews with the first two generations of Israeli leaders and Egyptian officials and academics, and no other author can speak from such a deep and prolonged engagement.
Author : Michael Brecher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319326279
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Political Leadership and Charisma written by Michael Brecher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is unique in illuminating and comparing the charismatic role of two political leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru and David Ben-Gurion, along with assessments of many other 20th century political leaders. Its aim is to enrich our knowledge of an important dimension of global politics: charismatic leadership. The central role of political leaders in shaping the behavior of states has been universally recognized since the political systems of antiquity in East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. With the massive increase of independent states since the end of World War II, from 55 initial members of the United Nations to more than 200 today, and especially the emergence of awesome weapons of mass destruction, the centrality of political leaders in the survival of the planet has grown exponentially. Both India and Israel have experienced the crucial role of charismatic leaders, Nehru and Ben Gurion, who dominated their states and societies for a near-identical formative period in their political independence, 1947-64 and 1948-63 respectively, as charismatic leaders. Their impact, Brecher shows, extended far beyond their states to both their geographic regions and global politics.
Author : Patrick James
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814209004
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)
Download or read book International Relations and Scientific Progress written by Patrick James and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Relations and Scientific Progress contends that a theory focusing on the structure of the international system explains a wider and more interesting range of events in world politics than other theories. Such theorizing appears to be out of favor as the result of the apparent failure by structural realism, the most prominent system-level theory over the last two decades, on any number of fronts--most notably an inability to anticipate the ending of the Cold War and its aftermath. This new book is put forward as the most comprehensive and innovative theoretical work on paradigms in international relations since the publication of Theory of International Politics, which created structural realism, more than two decades ago. With appropriate revisions, however, structural realist theory can compete effectively and reclaim its primacy. The first part of International Relations and Scientific Progress assesses the meaning of progress in the discipline of international relations, a process that culminates in the creation of a new concept, the scientific research enterprise. The second part reviews structural realism within that context and identifies a lack of connection between theory and research that links power-based indicators to international conflict, crisis, and war. This part of the book makes the case for an elaboration of structural realism by showing that a system-level theory based on structure has great unrealized explanatory potential. By comparison, the current overwhelmingly research oriented agenda on state dyads imposes severe limitations on understanding that are not currently appreciated. Part Three sums up the work and explores new directions, most notablyas related to empirical testing of an elaborated version of structural realism that focuses on both continuity and change in the international system.
Author : Saira Khan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351734563
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation Dynamics in Protracted Conflict Regions written by Saira Khan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003:Using extensive case studies of the nuclear weapons programmes of India, Pakistan, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Syria, this important work shows that a higher than normal probability of war in protracted conflict regions, prompts states to search for credible deterrents such as nuclear weapons. The book rigorously examines the factors that affect the pace of this proliferation such as regional power structures and geographical proximity, and challenges many prevailing theories on proliferation. This compelling text convincingly argues that simple conflict relationships are not sufficient for countries to go nuclear , thus providing insight into the true complexity of the issue. Explaining the similarities and differences between the nuclear policies of states in protracted conflict regions, the book commands the attention of anyone interested in nuclear proliferation and regional conflict.
Author : Frank P. Harvey
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773516069
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Future's Back written by Frank P. Harvey and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1997 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that previous critiques of rational choice and deterrence theory are not convincing, Frank Harvey constructs a new set of empirical tests of rational deterrence theory to illuminate patterns of interaction between rival nuclear powers. He analyses the crisis management techniques used by the United States and the Soviet Union in twenty-eight post-war crises and isolates factors that promote or inhibit escalation of these crises. This "crises"-based data set serves as the basis for identifying patterns of response when one nuclear state is threatened by another. The Future's Back offers new directions for testing that emphasize a more unified approach to theory building and assesses the feasibility of alternative courses of action to prevent escalation of future disputes characterized by nuclear rivalry.
Author : John A. Vasquez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847699278
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (992 download)
Download or read book What Do We Know about War? written by John A. Vasquez and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Do We Know about War? reviews the causes of war and the conditions of peace. Drawing analyses from the thirty-five year history of this discipline, leading researchers explore the roles played by alliances, territory, arms races, interstate rivalries, capability, and crisis bargaining in increasing the probability of war. They emphasize international norms and the recent finding that democratic states do not fight each other as factors that promote peace. This book offers an accessible and up-to-date overview of current knowledge and an agenda for future research.
Author : Gary Goertz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691124116
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Social Science Concepts written by Gary Goertz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To develop theories and research designs requires concepts. Gary Goertz provides advice on the construction and use of social science concepts and their use in case selection and theories. He also cites examples from political science and sociology to illustrate the theoretical and practical issues of concept construction and use.
Author : Michael Nicholson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521398107
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Rationality and the Analysis of International Conflict written by Michael Nicholson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the problems of rational decision-making in conflict situations.
Author : Eric Herring
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719042935
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (429 download)
Download or read book Danger and Opportunity written by Eric Herring and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook for the study of crisis behaviour, a key subject in international relations
