Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition

Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition

Daniel W. Drezner

Language: English

Pages: 216

ISBN: 0691163707

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical bite, Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies. Exploring the plots of popular zombie films, songs, and books, Theories of International Politics and Zombies predicts realistic scenarios for the political stage in the face of a zombie threat and considers how valid--or how rotten--such scenarios might be.

This newly revived edition includes substantial updates throughout as well as a new epilogue assessing the role of the zombie analogy in the public sphere.

The Most Sublime Hysteric: Hegel with Lacan

Totalled: Salvaging the Future from the Wreckage of Capitalism

Kant and the End of War: A Critique of Just War Theory (International Political Theory)

On Political Equality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Between a sure loss or a lottery in which the expected value is worse but the possibility exists of returning to the status quo, they will gamble for resurrection. The policy implications of prospect theory are clear. Compared to the status quo, individuals will act in a more cautious, risk-averse manner when they believe that they are gaining ground. When they perceive themselves to be losing ground, individuals will be more willing to take risky gambits in an effort to resuscitate their.

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The predicted effects are severe.15 Former vice president Richard Cheney believed that extreme measures were warranted if there was even a 1 percent chance of a severe terrorist attack.16 If a policy analyst applies this logic to the undead, then 13 14 ZOMBIE LITERATURE preventive measures are clearly necessary. Even if the probability of a zombie uprising is much smaller, the dead rising from the grave and feasting on the living represent a greater existential threat to humanity than.

Nuclear terrorism. Indeed, the living dead literally embody what Jessica Stern calls a “dreaded risk.”17 Because the postulated effects of zombies appear to be so dire in film and fiction, more strategic planning should be devoted to this scenario. It is certainly possible that any counter-zombie contingency plans will disintegrate at first contact with the undead enemy.18 Nevertheless, the planning process itself can improve future policy responses.19 If the past decade of military incursions.

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