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Detailed Contents=xiii
INTRODUCTION=1
PART I. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS, WORLD HISTORY, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY=15
1. Systems, History, Theory, and the Study of International Relations=17
2. Competing Conceptions of the International System=35
3. Systemic Thinking in World History=49
4. The Theoretical Toolkit of this Book=68
5. Establishing Criteria for International Systems=90
PART II. SYSTEMS IN PRE-INTERNATIONAL WORLD HISTORY=111
Introduction to Part II=111
6. The Origins of Pre-international Systems=115
7. The Transition from Pre-international to International Systems=134
Conclusion to Part II=160
PART III. THE RISE AND INTERLINKAGE OF MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS IN THE ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL WORLD=163
Introduction to Part III=163
8. The New Units:City-States, Empires, and Barbarians as the Main Actors of the Ancient and Classical World=167
9. Interaction Capacity in Ancient and Classical International Systems=190
10. Process in Ancient and Classical International Systems=216
11. Structure in Ancient and Classical International Systems=228
Conclusion to Part III=239
PART IV. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EVOLUTION OF A GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM=241
Introduction to Part IV=241
12. Units in the Modern International System=243
13. Interaction Capacity in the Modern International System=276
14. Process in the Modern International System=300
15. Structure in the Modern International System=330
Conclusion to Part IV=344
PART V. SPECULATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, REFLECTIONS=347
Introduction to Part V=347
16. Outlook:A Postmodern International System?=349
17. What World History Tells us about International Relations Theory=369
18. What International Relations Theory Tells us about World History=386
19. Reflections=407
References=417
Glossary=440
Index=443