The waves of time: long-term change and International Relations

"This volume provides an overview of the whole range of long-term analyses in international relations. It evaluates and draws on theoretical approaches in both the humanities and social sciences - in subjects such as sociology, history, anthropology and archaeology - and recent progress in evolutionary theory and the mathematical study of complexity. The resulting analysis reinterprets processes of global political change in the past and present, and opens fresh areas of enquiry for international relations."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1. Beyond the horizon: theories of long-term change in International Relations -- Introduction -- Types of change and of modes of analysis -- International Relations theory and long-term change -- Realism and long-term change -- Pluralism and long-term change -- Structuralist approaches to long-term change -- Post-modernism -- Conclusion to the review of International Relations theory approaches -- Notes -- 2. How times change: the interdisciplinary context -- Sociological approaches