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"This volume focuses on several theoretical topics in world politics and analyzes prominent cases of global conflicts and their potential peaceful resolution. It covers issues such as the multiplication of nation states in the era of globalization, failed peace policy concepts in the 20th century, and the question of who was to blame for the outbreak of the Great War. The author discusses three influential patterns of interpretation of international relations and global events: the conviction that war is eternally rooted in human nature and history, the renewed interest in geopolitical thought and the theory of a clash between the predominantly religious-based civilizations. Finally, individual conflicts, such as the rebellion in several Arab countries, the potential war of intervention against Iran, the Indo-Pakistani-Chinese entanglement in the disputes over Kashmir and the present war in Ukraine are examined in detail."

"This title was first published in 2002. Questioning the most fundamental assumptions of international relations theory, this absorbing work compares and contrasts domestic and international politics regarding the issues of order and disorder taking into account aspects of the two realms which have been neglected by scholarship until now. Challenging the view that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the absence of a world government and international anarchy and that durable and genuine cooperation among sovereign states becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible, under the circumstances, this text is suitable for upper-level undergraduates, graduates and scholars of international relations."

"This text is a summary of my farewell lecture as a university professor, which Igave on 5 July 2005 as the holder of the professorship for Political Sciences andContemporary History in Mannheim, and which I later elaborated.The analysis of unique historic events, as well as permanent structures andprocess patterns, requires the use of a range of different methods used in thehistorical and social sciences, which take into account the uniqueness of eventsand the regulatory character of structures. The history of society and historicalsocial science are two not entirely compatible research approaches, whichattempt to link the analysis of events and structures in their own differentways. Their common feature can be described as being a socio-historicalresearch approach.In the age of the sovereignty of the people, strong tendencies can be observedtowards a lasting world peace, as well as towards legal and illegal acts of massannihilation, particularly in the form of war and of mass murder. A usefulconcept of peace cannot aim to achieve structural conflict resolution and conflicttermination, but merely a dynamic of regulated conflict, which involves cooperationand which entails a low degree of violence.In European policy, the geographical and socio-political dimensions of theconcept of Europe are conjoined in different ways. Historically, a shift in theimage of a north-south Europe towards a west-central-east Europe and thentowards an east-west Europe can be observed."

"The chapters we see in this fascinating collection organized by Maltz andRice would be a valuable addition to such a course. Each of the authors, invery different ways, has taken us behind the scenes, not so much to a particularpaper, but rather to a particular facet of a research issue or a personalresearch career. Their stories confi rm one of the themes of my seminar that“all research is research in progress.” There is a striking continuity in theauthors’ individual stories as they moved from one completed paper to thenext, even though it may appear that the next paper moves into a differentarea. Finding that different area could well have been provoked by issuesraised in a previous paper, by methodologies introduced or developed in an earlier paper, or by needs to support a previous assumption."

"The conclusion briefly evaluates some of the key accomplishments of the recent historic preservation movement. It also provides a synthesis that draws on the lessons of each of the chapters, sketching out some of the hurdles that remain and are likely to occupy the agendas of preservationists in the decades ahead. The development of the historic preservation movement is, in itself, evidence of our particular American culture, as it changes. All of the evidencestrongly suggests, however, that this social campaign will continue and our legacy will extend to future generations."