02773cam a2200325 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000180006502000150008302000180009802000150011604100080013105000240013910000210016324500870018426000420027130000250031350400460033850505490038452011980093365000290213165000260216065100490218665000320223565000130226794200120228094600090229299900170230195201290231812046720230410121153.0150811s2012    xxk     rbi   001 0 eng d  a9780745634722  a0745634729  a9780745634715  a07456347100 aeng14aJZ 1242bS655p 20121 aSmith, Martin A.10aPower in the changing global order :bthe US, Russia and China /cMartin A. Smith.  aCambridge ;aMalden :bPolity,c2012.  avi, 230 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical notes and index.0 aIntroduction : power in the changing global order --  Understanding power --  Power resources --  Hegemony, unipolarity and the US --  The multipolar moment? : the US and the world in the 1990s --  A new era? : the George W. Bush administration's 'war on terror' --  Return to multilateralism? --  Russia as a 'continuing' or 'reviving' great power --  The Russian multipolarity debates --  China : 'rising power' or 'constrained state'? --  China, 'anti-hegemonism' and 'harmony' --  Conclusions : the US, Russia and China in a changing world.  aPower has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this complex concept by providing students with an incisive and engaging introduction to the shifting configurations of power in the contemporary global order. Drawing on the work of leading international relations scholars, philosophers and sociologists, the analysis goes beyond simplistic views of power as material capability, focusing also on its neglected social dimensions. These are developed and explored through a detailed examination of the changing international role, status and capacities of the United States, Russia and China since the end of the Cold War. Far from achieving multipolarity, the book concludes that the contemporary world remains essentially unipolar; America having moved to correct the mistakes of George W. Bush's first term in office, while China and Russia have, in different ways, limited their own abilities to challenge American primacy. This book will be essential reading for students of international relations and politics, as well as anyone with an interest in the shifting balance of power in the global system. 0aInternational relations. 0aWorld politicsy1989- 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy1993-2001. 4aRelaciones internacionales. 4a20150900  2lcccbk  aJaaM  c59341d59341  00102lcc40708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2023-04-10h1l0oJZ 1242 S655p 2012p00000113768r2018-10-24 00:00:00t1w2018-10-24ybk