Emerging Risks in a World of Heterogeneity

Captures important features of the emerging world by focusing on heterogeneity of the system
Is a uniquely interdisciplinary work as political scientists, economists, physicists, and computer scientists address a shared research question
Allows not only academic readers but also practitioners to gain fresh insights in their relevant fields of interests through the multiple methodologies that are employed

Auteur
Masayuki Tadokoro, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 Japan
Susumu Egashira, Professor, Department of Economics, Otaru University of Commerce, 3-5-21 Midori, Otaru-city, Hokkaido 047-8501 Japan
Kazuya Yamamoto, Visiting Fellow, Research Institute for Peace and Security, 1-1-12 Meisan Tmeike Bldg. 8 Floor, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan

Contenu

Preface.- Part I Size.- Chapter 1: Mega-states vs. Compact Powers: Risks in the Emerging International System.- Chapter 2: Effects of the Size of a Country on its Economic Performance.- Part II Political Regimes and Social Structure.- Chapter 3: Analyzing Dependence and Conflict in a Heterogeneous World: Computer Simulation and Evolutionary Dynamics.- Chapter 4: The Superficial Success of the Development Assistance Committee: Emerging Donors and the Revival of Economic Statecraft.- Chapter 5: How Structural Heterogeneities turned into Political Issues: Lessons from the U.S.Japan Structural Talks.- Part III Inside a State.- Chapter 6: Role of Third-Party Guarantors in Uncertainty of Preventive Civil War: Can Thucydides Trap be resolved?.- Chapter 7: Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: The Effect of Information Stimulus on Levels of Support for Foreign Aid and Coalition Withdrawal.- Part IV Interactions between the International System, Domestic Society, and Individuals.- Chapter 8: Agent-Based Simulation as a Method for International Political Science: A Way of Expressing Diversity.- Chapter 9: Considering Provision of Global Public Goods with Community Task Game: A Multi-Agent Simulation Analysis.