Revolution and World Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Sixth Great Power

ISBN-13: 9780333653289 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 402 str.

Fred Halliday

Opis

The relation of revolutions to international relations is central to modern history. Revolutions have, as much as war or nationalism, shaped the development of world politics. Equally, revolutions have been, in cause, ideology and consequence, international events. By putting the international politics of revolution centre stage, Fred Halliday's book makes a major contribution to the understanding of both revolution and world politics.

Spis treści

Introduction: Revolutions and the International.- PART 1: THE INTERNATIONALIST ENGAGEMENT.- The Rise and Decline of 'Revolution' 1789-1989: History and Theory.- Internationalism in Theory: A World-Historical Vision.- Internationalism in Practice: Export of Revolution.- The Antinomies of Revolutionary Foreign Policy.- PART 2: REVOLUTIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM.- The International as Cause.- The International Dimensions of Revolution: Myths and Theories.- Responses in the System: Counter-Revolution and Containment.- Revolutions and War.- Systemic Constraints: Revolutionary 'Transformation' and Autarky.- PART 3: CONCLUSION: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL.- International Relations: Competing Theories.- Revolutions in World Politics.

O autorze

FRED HALLIDAY is Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics.