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- Discusses the role of space, time and cyclical behavior in world politics
- Describes the economic, military and political processes behind the systemic leadership of a state at the international level
- Analyzes lead economies and the evolution of power over a number of centuries
Part of the book series: World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures (WSEGF)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book discusses the role of space, time and cyclical behavior in world politics. More specifically, the political-economic role of lead economies – the world’s most innovative economies for finite periods of time – in world politics. These represent unusual concentrations of new technologies, energy sources, and military capabilities of global reach that play disproportional roles in the conduct of international affairs and the provision of limited governance at the most macro level. They also possess close links to economic growth and intense conflict.
The book describes the economic, military and political processes behind the systemic leadership of a state at the international level. It also highlights the economic preconditions of systemic leadership, such as economic monopoly of new technologies and energy, which underlie the system leader’s material advantage over others. Analyzing lead economies and the evolution of power over a number of centuries,the author demonstrates how disruptions wrought by the emergence of new technologies and energy sources are partly responsible for global conflicts. This book appeals to international relations scholars as well as anyone interested in the political economy of systemic leadership, growth, and conflict in world politics.Authors and Affiliations
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Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA
William R. Thompson
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Power Concentration in World Politics
Book Subtitle: The Political Economy of Systemic Leadership, Growth, and Conflict
Authors: William R. Thompson
Series Title: World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47422-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47421-8Published: 11 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47424-9Published: 11 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47422-5Published: 10 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2522-0985
Series E-ISSN: 2522-0993
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 238
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Political Leadership, Economic Growth, Conflict Studies