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The Classics Of Non-Western Political Thought: A Reader (Book Still In Development), Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Transitions To Democracy (Democratization) - Syllabus, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Us Foreign Policy - Syllabus, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Introduction To International Relations - Syllabus, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Scramble For The Arctic: Layered Sovereignty, Unclos, And Competing Maritime Territorial Claims, Jon D. Carlson, Christopher Hubach, Joseph Long, Kellen Minteer, Shane Young

Jon D. Carlson

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Externality, Contact Periphery & Incorporation, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Generational Analysis In Ir Meets The World Values Survey, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

West Africa & The Rise Of Asante: Rivers Of (Black) Gold And The Proto-Globalization Of Labor, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

This article examines the concept of the ‘external arena’ and the role of the ‘information network’ in the expansion of the world-system and incorporation of new regions. I reference research on nested networks of interaction, and echo criticisms that the impact of myth and misinformation has been underappreciated as an element of incorporation. Alteration occurs well-prior to the point at which most world-systems literature considers a region incorporated. I develop the concept of “protoglobalization” to characterize this early, overlooked social, economic, and political change.

West Africa offers a rare case of external state creation and resistance to European expansion. Historically, …

Externality And Incorporation In The World-System: Abyssinia - Anomaly Or Palimpsest?, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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The State Of Nature: Chinese Sage Kings, Hobbes, And Challenge Of Comparative Political Thought, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

This paper contributes to the growing interest in comparative political theory by examining hypothetical antecedents in both Chinese and Western political thought and how these thought experiments impact conceptions of ‘good government’ and political behavior. A fundamental starting point in Western thought is the ‘state of nature’, commonly characterized by competing visions provided by Hobbes and Rousseau. From each, one derives assumptions about the purpose of politics, society, and appropriate behavior with regard to government. Similarly, reference to the “Sage Kings” of Chinese antiquity plays a comparable role in classical Chinese political philosophy. The reference invokes an idealized hypothetical past, …

"Who Are You Wearing?" Using The Red Carpet Question Pedagogically, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Postcards And Propaganda: Cartographic Postcards As Soft News Images Of The Russo-Japanese War, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Political Party Realignment In Mexico: Fragmentation, Consolidation And Party Identification, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Alliance And Conflict: The World-System Of The Inupiaq Eskimos - Book Review, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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The 'Otter-Man' Empires: The Pacific Fur Trade, Incorporation, And The Zone Of Ignorance, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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Broadening & Deepening: Systemic Expansion, Incorporation & The Zone Of Ignorance, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

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