Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop and DissolvePrinceton University Press, 1997 M06 12 - 258 pages The disappearance and formation of states and nations after the end of the Cold War have proved puzzling to both theorists and policymakers. Lars-Erik Cederman argues that this lack of conceptual preparation stems from two tendencies in conventional theorizing. First, the dominant focus on cohesive nation-states as the only actors of world politics obscures crucial differences between the state and the nation. Second, traditional theory usually treats these units as fixed. Cederman offers a fresh way of analyzing world politics: complex adaptive systems modeling. He provides a new series of models--not ones that rely on rational-choice, but rather computerized thought-experiments--that separate the state from the nation and incorporate these as emergent rather than preconceived actors. This theory of the emergent actor shifts attention away from the exclusively behavioral focus of conventional international relations theory toward a truly dynamic perspective that treats the actors of world politics as dependent rather than independent variables. |
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How States and Nations Develop and Dissolve Lars-Erik Cederman. EMERGENT ACTORS IN WORLD POLITICS PRINCETON STUDIES IN COMPLEXITY EDITORS Philip W. Anderson ( Princeton Front Cover.
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How States and Nations Develop and Dissolve Lars-Erik Cederman. EMERGENT ACTORS IN WORLD POLITICS HOW STATES AND NATIONS DEVELOP AND DISSOLVE Lars - Erik Cederman PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON , NEW JERSEY Copyright © 1997 by ...
... International relations . 2. National state . 3. World politics - 1989- I. Title . II . Series . JX1391.C37 1997 327.1'01 - dc21 96-45562 CIP This book has been composed in Times Roman Princeton University Press books are printed on ...
... World Politics Introduction Defining the State and the Nation An Overview of the Literature Why Models Are Needed Why Current Models Will Not Do the Trick Conclusion Chapter 3. Toward Richer Models Introduction The Problem of Historical ...
Contents
Modeling Actors in World Politics | 14 |
An Overview of the Literature | 23 |
Why Models Are Needed | 29 |
Conclusion | 36 |
Emergent Polarity | 72 |
Modeling Nationalism | 136 |
Nationalist Mobilization | 151 |
Nationalist Coordination | 184 |
Conclusions for Theory and Policy | 213 |
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