Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Modes of context; 3. Context as changing meaning; 4. Contextual indicators; 5. Rational actor and diffusion models; 6. Barrier models of context; 7. Oil nationalization, 1918–80; 8. Eastern Europe, 1945–89; 9. Historical contexts; 10. Enduring rivalries; 11. The context of international norms; 12. The norm of decolonization; 13. Postface: interacting contexts and explaining contexts.

Promotional Information

Through different theoretical references and concrete studies, Goertz illustrates the fruitfulness of the contextual approach to international politics.

Reviews

"Goertz is in thorough command of current research. His work may be viewed as a kind of Forschungbericht which gathers the research accomplished to-date, pointing to missing links, weak connections, weighing achievements, and suggesting areas worthy of further study." Terry Pickett, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism