TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barry Buzan
AU  - Barry Buzan; Richard Little
TI  - International systems in world history:  : remaking the study of international relations
SN  - 9780198780656
U1  - 327.101 BUZ 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Oxford ; New York
PB  -  : Oxford University Press
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Social systems
KW  - International relations--Philosophy
N1  - 	pt. I. International Systems, World History, and International Relations Theory. 1. Systems, History, Theory, and the Study of International Relations. 2. Competing Conceptions of the International System. 3. Systemic Thinking in World History. 4. The Theoretical Toolkit of this Book. 5. Establishing Criteria for International Systems --
pt. II. Systems in Pre-International World History. 6. The Origins of Pre-international Systems. 7. The Transition from Pre-international to International Systems --
pt. III. The Rise and Interlinkage of Multiple International Systems in the Ancient and Classical World. 8. The New Units: City-States, Empires, and Barbarians as the Main Actors of the Ancient and Classical World
N2  - 	
The authors trace the evolution of economic, societal and military-political international systems, and the interplay with tribes, city states, empires, and modern states
ER  -