| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 352 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published under the title: L'action et le système du monde. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part One : Theory. 1 Active Units and Praxeological Problems: An Introduction -- 2 Potency -- 3 Conflicts and Their Resolution -- 4 The Concept of Strategy -- 5 The Stability of Systems of Active Unites -- 6 Interantional Relations Theory -- 7 The Object and Nature of Economics. |
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Part Two : Aspects of Praxeology. 8 Perspectives on the International System -- 9 Globalization, Market Economy, and Unemployment -- 10 Ideology, Culture, and Action -- 11 Ethics and Politics -- 12 State Sovereignty and the International Community -- 13 The Engineer and the Economist -- 14 Strategy, Forecasting, and Chance -- Appendices. |
| Summary |
This book occupies the same niche as Raymond Aron's 1962 classic, Peace and War. While Aron wrote during the Cold War, Thierry de Montbrial writes about the post-Soviet international system, a system that is multipolar, ideologically heterogeneous, and thus highly unstable. In this book, he lays the foundation for a praxeology, or a "science of action," to facilitate a better understanding of the dynamics of international problems and a more systematic approach to policy making. A major contribution to international relations theory and winner of the 2002 Georges Pompidou Prize, this book offers the necessary keys to decrypt the international system in the 21st century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
International economic relations.
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International economic relations. |
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Praxeology.
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Praxeology. |
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Power (Social sciences)
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Power (Social sciences) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Action et le système du monde. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Montbrial, Thierry. Action and Reaction in the World System : The Dynamics of Economic and Political Power. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2014 9780774824729 |
| ISBN |
9780774824743 (electronic book) |
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0774824743 (electronic book) |
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9780774824750 (EPUB) |
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0774824751 (EPUB) |
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0774824727 |
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9780774824729 |
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9780774824729 |
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