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Robert Gilpin

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American political scientist (1930–2018)

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Born
2 Jul 1930
Died
20 Jun 2018
Works
17

Top works

  • Origin and Prevention of Major Wars
  • Global Political Economy
  • Sekai shisutemu no seiji keizaigaku
  • Shi jie zheng zhi zhong de zhan zheng yu bian ge
  • Time out

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Quotes

  • A precondition for political change lies in the disjuncture between the existing social system and the redistribution of power toward those actors who would benefit most from a change in the system.
  • The relative stability of the system is... largely determined by its capacity to adjust to the demands of the actors affected by changing political and environmental conditions.
  • It would be premature to suggest that the nation-state is dead or dying.
  • Both the control of territory and the political domination of one state over another have profound consequences for international economic relations. However... market power or economic power has itself become a principal means by which states seek to organize and manipulate the international division of labor to their own advantage.
  • Until the modern era there was no single international system, but rather several international systems, with little or no contact with another.
  • [In] the definition of international system... There is some "form of control" that regulates behavior and may range from informal rules of the system to formal institutions. ...A view prevalent among many scholars of political science is that the essence of international relations is precisely the absence of control... a condition of anarchy...

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date of birth
1930-07-02
date of death
2018-06-20
name in native language
Robert Gilpin
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