Old nations, new world : conceptions of world order
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Old nations, new world : conceptions of world order
Westview Press, 1994
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume explores key states and their changing conceptions of the international order in the post-Cold War era. Taken collectively, the contributors' analyses of the United States, the Soviet Union and its successor states, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the East Asian "Little Dragons" and Germany and the European Community paint a detailed portrait of the emerging world order. This multidisciplinary group of contributors utilizes a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches to confront common themes and questions: How do states "organize" the world by creating idioms and conceptions of international order? What is the state's definition of its own role and the role of others? How has the state's idiom and conception of the international order shifted from the recent past? What role does the past play in approaches to the world order - in terms of historical traditions, fears and memories?
These questions are illuminated by considering such crucial issues as the state's approach to international or supranational institutions and legal codes, particuarly in the area of economy and international human rights, and the role of the state vis-a-vis other states: Does the state have hegemonic tendencies and an active role in maintaining international stability? Does it stress independence or interdependence? Isolationism or internationalism? These original contributions suggest the nascent form the international order is taking in an otherwise turbulent world. Understanding how states view the post-Cold War arena is of paramount importance for comprehending the development of the new world order. In addressing these issues, this volume not only provides concrete, timely answers but offers a variety of theoretical and methodological tools for scholars, policymakers and the informed public.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the global present, David Jacobson
- Japanese views of the great powers in the new world order, Gilbert Rozman
- Chinese perspectives on world order, Samuel Kim
- the changing world order and East Asian newly industrialized countries, Stephen Chiu
- nationalism, economic cooperation and supranationalism in Western Europe - the role of a united Germany, Shlomo Aronson
- US discourse and strategies in the new world order, George M. Thomas
- Soviet and post-Soviet approaches to world order, Elizabeth Wishnick
- conclusion - the global future, D. Jacobson.
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