Contexts of International Politics

Contexts of International Politics
ISBN-10
0521469724
ISBN-13
9780521469722
Category
Political Science
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
1994-11-24
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Gary Goertz

Description

In this book Gary Goertz examines how states interact with their environment and contexts, which are important in understanding international politics. He presents a philosophical, methodological and empirical discussion of three important contexts which affect decision makers: history, system structure, and international norms. The effects of these contexts are explored by viewing context in turn as cause, as changing meaning, and as a barrier. The book engages with the literature on structural realism and international regimes, and uses rational actor and diffusion models as theoretical references. A number of concrete studies are provided using these contextual tools, including oil nationalisation, USSR-East European relations, enduring rivalries, and decolonisation. These empirical examples illustrate the fruitfulness of the contextual approach to international politics.

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