Evolutionary interpretations of world politics

Rev. versions of papers originally presented at conference held Dec. 1998, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: p a r t I: Central Paradigmatic Questions About Interpretation -- 1. Evolutionary World Politics: Problems of Scope and Method -- George Modelski -- 2. Evolutionary World Politics Enriched: The Biological Foundations -- of International Relations -- Vincent S. E. Falger -- 3. Obstacles to an Evolutionary Global Politics Research Program -- David P. Rapkin -- p a r t II: Bridges to Other Perspectives -- 4. Evolutionary Tendencies in Realist and Liberal IR Theory -- Jennifer Sterling-Folker -- 5. Diversity or Uniformity in the Modern World? -- Answers from Evolutionary Theory, Learning, -- and Social Adaptation -- Hendrik Spruyt -- 6. The Evolution of International Norms: -- Choice, Learning, Power, and Identity -- Stewart Patrick -- p a r t III: Applications to Conflict and Cooperation -- 7. Evolution in Domestic Politics and the Development of Rivalry: -- The Bolivia-Paraguay Case -- Paul R. Hensel -- 8. Expectancy Theory, Strategic Rivalry Deescalation, -- and the Evolution of the Sino-Soviet Case -- William R Thompson -- 9. Political Shocks and the Deescalation of Protracted Conflicts: -- The Israeli-Palestinian Case -- Karen A. Rasler -- p a r t I V: Applications to International Political Economy -- 10. Egalitarian Social Movements and New World Orders -- CraigN. Murphy -- 11. Technological Capacity as Fitness: An Evolutionary Model -- of Change in the International Political Economy -- Sangbae Kim andJeffley A. Hart -- 12. Continuity versus Evolutionary Shift: Global Financial Expansion -- and the State -- Brian M. Pollins -- About the Contributors -- Index.