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019 _a(OCoLC)979685239
019 _a(OCoLC)984549740
019 _a(OCoLC)987936869
019 _a(OCoLC)992454060
019 _a(OCoLC)999354961
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400822409
035 _a(DE-B1597)453519
035 _a(OCoLC)741691737
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 4 _aHM131
072 7 _aPOL010000
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082 0 4 _a301
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aJervis, Robert
_eautore
245 1 0 _aSystem Effects :
_bComplexity in Political and Social Life /
_cRobert Jervis.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[1998]
264 4 _c©1997
300 _a1 online resource (328 p.) :
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336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tOne. Introduction --
_tTwo. System Effects --
_tThree. Systemic Theories of International Politics --
_tFour. Feedback --
_tFive. Relations, Alternatives, and Bargaining --
_tSix. Alignments and Consistency --
_tSeven. Acting in a System --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aBased on more than three decades of observation, Robert Jervis concludes in this provocative book that the very foundations of many social science theories--especially those in political science--are faulty. Taking insights from complexity theory as his point of departure, the author observes that we live in a world where things are interconnected, where unintended consequences of our actions are unavoidable and unpredictable, and where the total effect of behavior is not equal to the sum of individual actions. Jervis draws on a wide range of human endeavors to illustrate the nature of these system effects. He shows how increasing airport security might actually cost lives, not save them, and how removing dead trees (ostensibly to give living trees more room) may damage the health of an entire forest. Similarly, he highlights the interconnectedness of the political world as he describes how the Cold War played out and as he narrates the series of events--with their unintended consequences--that escalated into World War I. The ramifications of developing a rigorous understanding of politics are immense, as Jervis demonstrates in his critique of current systemic theories of international politics--especially the influential work done by Kenneth Waltz. Jervis goes on to examine various types of negative and positive feedback, bargaining in different types of relationships, and the polarizing effects of alignments to begin building a foundation for a more realistic, more nuanced, theory of international politics. System Effects concludes by examining what it means to act in a system. It shows how political actors might modify their behavior in anticipation of system effects, and it explores how systemic theories of political behavior might account for the role of anticipation and strategy in political action. This work introduces powerful new concepts that will reward not only international relations theorists, but also all social scientists with interests in comparative politics and political theory.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aComplexity (Philosophy).
650 0 _aComplexité (Philosophie).
650 0 _aInternational relations.
650 0 _aRelations internationales.
650 0 _aSocial systems.
650 0 _aSystèmes sociaux.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
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