The evolutionary processes in world politics series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How might we know that a systemic transition is underway? Clues for the twenty-first century / William R. Thompson -- Relative decline : why does it induce war or sustain peace? / Steve Chan and Brock F. Tessman -- Transitions in hegemony : a theory based on state type and technology / Peter J. Hugill -- Structural preludes to systemic transition since 1494 / William R. Thompson -- Falling down : an empirical test of dynamic differentials theory, 1500-1999 / Michael Lee -- Searching for changing organizational architecture during global transition : where is the post-Cold War order? / Thomas J. Volgy, Keith A. Grant, and Elizabeth Fausett -- Whether and how global leadership transitions will result in war : some long-term predictions from the steps-to-war explanation / John A. Vasquez -- Implications of Asia's rise to global status / Jacek Kugler and Ronald L. Tammen -- Kantian dynamics and systemic transitions : can international organizations influence U.S.-China conflict? / David P. Rapkin and William R. Thompson -- Exploration of connections between energy use and leadership transitions / David J. LePoire -- The evolutionary trajectory of the world system toward an age of transition / Tessaleno C. Devezas -- Cities in transitions and transformations : exploring a Jacobsean approach to macro-social change / Peter J. Taylor -- Scale transitions and the evolution of global governance since the Bronze age / Christopher Chase-Dunn, Richard Niemeyer, Alexis Alvarez and Hiroko Inoue.