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The fall of great powers : peace, stability, and legitimacy /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Nobel Symposium Tromsø, Norway
Other Authors: Lundestad, Geir, 1945-
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Oslo : New York : Scandinavian University Press ; Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
World politics > 20th century > Congresses.
Peace > Congresses.
Political stability > Congresses.
Legitimacy of governments > Congresses.
Balance of power > Congresses.
Paz > Congresos.
Estabilidad política > Congresos.
Legitimidad de los gobiernos > Congresos.
Balance del poder > Congresos.
Grote mogendheden.
Verval (geschiedenis)
Politieke stabiliteit.
Veiligheidspolitiek.
Politique mondiale > 20e siècle > Congrès.
Paix > Congrès.
Stabilité politique > Congrès.
Légitimité des gouvernements > Congrès.
Équilibre des puissances > Congrès.
History, Modern.
Peace.
Political stability.
Legitimacy of governments.
Balance of power.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory historical commentary / W.H. McNeill
  • Great powers and empires : historical mechanisms of their making and breaking / I. Geiss
  • The fall of Great Britain : peace, stability, and legitimacy / Z. Steiner
  • The fall of Austria-Hungary : peace, stability, and legitimacy / I. Deak
  • The fall of Germany : peace, stability, and legitimacy / W.J. Mommsen
  • The fall of empires - Russia and the Soviet Union / A. Nove
  • The fall of the Soviet Union : peace, stability and legitimacy / A.O. Chubarian
  • The collapse of the Soviet Union : leadership, elites, and legitimacy / V.M. Zubok
  • The end of the Cold War and the future of American power / A.L. Friedberg
  • The "fall" of the United States : peace, stability, and legitimacy / S. Strange
  • Peace, stability, and legitimacy in Africa : the factor of colonialism and neocolonialism / J.F. Ade Ajayi
  • Empires and anti-empires : Asia in world politics / W. Gungwu
  • The superpowers in the Middle East : Cold War and Post-Cold-War policies / C.R. Saivetz
  • The voice of the people : political theorists on the international implications of democracy / M.W. Doyle
  • The cycle of great powers : has it finally been broken? / R. Gilpin
  • Peace, stability, and legitimacy, 1990-2025/2050 / I. Wallerstein
  • Peace, legitimacy, and the Post-Cold-War world : where do we go from here? / J.L. Gaddis
  • Conclusions / P. Kennedy
  • The fall of empires : peace, stability, and legitimacy / G. Lundestad.