Karl W. Deutsch: Pioneer in the Theory of International Relations - With a Preface by Charles Lewis Taylor and Bruce M. Russett (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This is a memorial for Karl Wolfgang Deutsch, a pioneering political scientist, international relations specialist and peace scholar of the 20th century. Born in Prague, he was a professor at MIT, Yale and Harvard and spent a decade at the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB). He was a global leader in the theory and scientific analysis of international relations and comparative politics who published on nationalism, social communication, European integration, war and peace, arms control, social cybernetics, general systems analysis, and global modelling. He pioneered the development and analysis of large-scale political and social data across nations and over time and proposed a widespread access to these data and their scientific evaluation. This book offers biographical data on Karl W. Deutsch, reproduces chapters from his PhD thesis and his book Nerves of Government. Colleagues from the USA (A.S. Markovits, H. Alker, R.L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.,P. J. Katzenstein, T.R. Cusack, C.L. Taylor), Germany (D. Senghaas, R. Wildenmann, R. Mackensen, K. v. Beyme) and the Czech Republic (M. Hroch) offer Collegial Critiques and Memorials. It provides a comprehensive bibliography of his publications and memorials for a great scholar, a superb academic teacher and world citizen. * Karl Wolfgang Deutsch was a major global pioneer in Political Science, internationalrelations and peace research in the 20th century. * His most creative contributions were the concept of social mobilization, the use of cyberneticsto study human relationships, the introduction of politics in world modeling, and the role of communication in governance.* He was president of the American Political Science Association (1969-70) and of theInternational Political Science Association (1976-79) and was a Director of the SocialScience Research Center Berlin (1977-87). * Academics, including graduate students, exploring nationalism, political integration,social communications, cybernetics, and global modeling will find this volume instructive.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, 25
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2018
Editors:	Charles Lewis Taylor • Bruce M. Russett
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	326
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-02909-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	3-319-02909-6
Barcode:	9783319029092

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