This paper addresses the influence of a mechanistic world view of East-West relations. The "classic" model of mechanism orders reality into a relationship akin to a simple clock or pump. In the model, discrete and unmodifiable parts, with no natural functional relationship to each other, are balanced and engineered into functional unity. This study shows how "environmental" conditions at the international level (ambiguity, complexity, and prolonged conflict) limit the ability of policy makers to define objective limits to containment, influencing them instead to follow the universal application of the "logic" of mechanism--that any imbalance must be checked by the container.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc503914 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Ebers, Scott Allen |
| Contributors | Reban, Milan Jan, Abernathy, Lewis M. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 151 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Ebers, Scott Allen, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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