TY - BOOK AU - Ikenberry, G. John AU - Ikenberry, G. John AU - Mastanduno, Michael; AU - Wohlforth, Willilam C TI - International relations theory and the consequences of unipolarity SN - 9781107634596 U1 - 327.101 IKE PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - : Cambridge University Press, KW - Political science KW - International relations KW - Balance of power KW - International relations -- Philosophy KW - World politics -- 1989 KW - United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- KW - Political Science -- International Relations -- General KW - World politics KW - Diplomatic relations KW - United States N1 - ntroduction : unipolarity, state behavior, and systemic consequences / G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno and William C. Wohlforth -- Unipolarity, status competition, and great power war / William C. Wohlforth -- Legitimacy, hypocrisy, and the social structure of unipolarity : why being a unipole isn't all it's cracked up to be / Martha Finnemore -- Alliances in a unipolar world / Stephen M. Walt -- System maker and privilege taker : US power and the international political economy / Michael Mastanduno -- Free hand abroad, divide and rule at home / Jack Snyder, Robert Y. Shapiro and Yaeli Bloch-Elkon -- The liberal sources of American unipolarity / G. John Ikenberry -- Unipolarity : a structural perspective / Robert Jervis -- Unipolarity and nuclear weapons / Daniel Deudney -- From unipolarity to multipolarity : transition in sight? / Barry R. Posen -- Sell unipolarity? The future of an overvalued concept / Jeffrey W. Legro N2 - "The end of the Cold War and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a new unipolar international system that presented fresh challenges to international relations theory. Since the Enlightenment, scholars have speculated that patterns of cooperation and conflict might be systematically related to the manner in which power is distributed among states. Most of what we know about this relationship ER -