Testing balance-of-power theory in world history

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-185

  Wohlforth, William C ^a   Little, Richard ^b   Kaufman, Stuart J ^c   Kang, David ^a   Jones, Charles A ^d   Hui, Victoriatin Bor ^e   Eckstein, Arthur ^f   Deudney, Daniel ^g   Brenner, William L ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient history; Balance of power theory; Systems theory; Unipolarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247618175     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066107076951     Document Type: Article

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