War in the world-system
Title:
War in the world-system
Author:
Schaeffer, Robert K.
ISBN:
9780313055454
Publication Information:
New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 132 p.)
Series:
Studies in the political economy of the world-system
Contributions in economics and economic history, no. 93
Studies in the political economy of the world-system.
Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 93.
General Note:
"The chapters in the book were first presented at the twelfth annual Political Economy of the World-System Conference ... held at Emory University in March 1988"--Pref.
Contents:
Introduction / Robert Schaeffer -- War in the core of the world-system : testing the Goldstein thesis / Terry Boswell, Mike Sweat, and John Brueggemann -- The world-system, militarization, and national development / Byron L. Davis, Edward L. Kick, and David Kiefer -- Core wars of the future / Christopher Chase-Dunn and Kenneth O'Reilly -- A principal-agent analysis of the initiation of war in absolutist states / Edgar Kiser -- World war, the advent of nuclear weapons, and global expansion of the national security state / Gregory McLauchlan -- Devolution, partition, and war in the interstate system / Robert Schaeffer -- Economic fluctations, military expenditures, and warfare in international relations / Raimo Väyrynen.
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