THE STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS OF THE POST-BIPOLAR SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Authors

  • A. I. Shapovalova Doctorate Student, Institute of International Relations Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17721/apmv.2014.119.1.

Abstract

Abstract. The article examines structural parameters of the post-bipolar system of international
relations along for its structural levels – distributive-relational, normative-institutional,
ideational and functional. The author argues that the post-bipolar system preserves its mixed
transitional character and its stability results not from a coherent relational configuration but
rather from complex balance between the structural levels mentioned above. Central role in it
belongs to the balance between distributive-relational and functional levels of systemic structure
while normative-institutional and ideational levels serve as intervening links between them.
The post-bipolar system preserves the element of core-periphery division but their further maintenance
may be possible only in case of system’s geopolitical polarization.
Key words: post-bipolar system, structural parameters, structural levels, core, periphery, liberal
hegemony, the West.

Author Biography

  • A. I. Shapovalova, Doctorate Student, Institute of International Relations Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University

    PhD in international relations

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Published

2014-07-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 119 (2014): Actual Problems of International Relations

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