CONTENTS
List of Figures = ⅸ
List of Tables = xi
Preface = xiii
PART ONE: ORGANIZED OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1 PREVIEWING POSTINTERNATIONAL POLITICS = 3
CHAPTER 2 JUSTIFYING JAILBREAKS: The Limits of Contemporary Concepts and Methods = 21
PART TWO: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
CHAPTER 3 DELINEATING DISORDER: Chaos, Complexity, and Change = 47
CHAPTER 4 CONCEPTUALIZING CHANGE: Fluctuations and Transformations = 67
CHAPTER 5 TRACING TURBULENCE: The History of Three Parameters = 91
CHAPTER 6 ANALYZING ACTORS: Individuals and Collectivities = 114
CHAPTER 7 MIXING MICRO-MACRO: The Aggregation of Parts and the Disaggregation of Wholes = 141
PART THREE: PROBING PARAMETERS
CHAPTER 8 REVIEWING RELATIONSHIPS: Authority and Its Alternatives = 181
CHAPTER 9 INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS: Roles, Scenarios, Habits, and Learning = 210
CHAPTER 10 STUDYING STRUCTURES: The Two Worlds of World Politics = 243
CHAPTER 11 PONDERING PROCESSES: Centralizing and Decentralizing Dynamics = 297
PART FOUR: TURBULENT TRANSFORMATIONS
CHAPTER 12 ENHANCED ELITES: Information, Wisdom, and Artificial Intelligence = 315
CHAPTER 13 POWERFUL PEOPLE: The Expansion of Analytic Skills = 33
CHAPTER 14 RELATIONSHIPS REVISED: Proliferating Subgroups, Weakened Governments, and Eroded Authority = 388
CHAPTER 15 NASCENT NORMS: Legitimacy, Patriotism, and Sovereignty = 416
PART FIVE: SEEKING SOLUTIONS
CHAPTER 16 BEYOND TURBULENCE: Four Scenarios and a Cyclical Process = 443
Index = 463
List of Figures = ⅸ
List of Tables = xi
Preface = xiii
PART ONE: ORGANIZED OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1 PREVIEWING POSTINTERNATIONAL POLITICS = 3
CHAPTER 2 JUSTIFYING JAILBREAKS: The Limits of Contemporary Concepts and Methods = 21
PART TWO: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
CHAPTER 3 DELINEATING DISORDER: Chaos, Complexity, and Change = 47
CHAPTER 4 CONCEPTUALIZING CHANGE: Fluctuations and Transformations = 67
CHAPTER 5 TRACING TURBULENCE: The History of Three Parameters = 91
CHAPTER 6 ANALYZING ACTORS: Individuals and Collectivities = 114
CHAPTER 7 MIXING MICRO-MACRO: The Aggregation of Parts and the Disaggregation of Wholes = 141
PART THREE: PROBING PARAMETERS
CHAPTER 8 REVIEWING RELATIONSHIPS: Authority and Its Alternatives = 181
CHAPTER 9 INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS: Roles, Scenarios, Habits, and Learning = 210
CHAPTER 10 STUDYING STRUCTURES: The Two Worlds of World Politics = 243
CHAPTER 11 PONDERING PROCESSES: Centralizing and Decentralizing Dynamics = 297
PART FOUR: TURBULENT TRANSFORMATIONS
CHAPTER 12 ENHANCED ELITES: Information, Wisdom, and Artificial Intelligence = 315
CHAPTER 13 POWERFUL PEOPLE: The Expansion of Analytic Skills = 33
CHAPTER 14 RELATIONSHIPS REVISED: Proliferating Subgroups, Weakened Governments, and Eroded Authority = 388
CHAPTER 15 NASCENT NORMS: Legitimacy, Patriotism, and Sovereignty = 416
PART FIVE: SEEKING SOLUTIONS
CHAPTER 16 BEYOND TURBULENCE: Four Scenarios and a Cyclical Process = 443
Index = 463