Re-assessing the "Power of Power Politics" thesis: Is realism still dominant?

International Studies Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 341-356

  Walker, Thomas C ^a   Morton, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LIBERALISM; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

EID: 29144483344     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2005.00504.x     Document Type: Review

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