Contrary to conventional wisdom, the concept of power has not always been central to
international relations theory. During the 1920s and 30s, power was often ignored or vilified …

First published in 1983. This book combines a case study of class relations, politics and
voting in Sweden with a comparative analysis of distributive conflicts and politics in eighteen …

For more than 2000 years, realist traditions of political thought have emphasized world
politics as an interstate struggle for power. In 1979, Kenneth N. Waltz's book Theory of …

What do the following scholars have in common: Kenneth Waltz, Robert Keohane, Stephen
Krasner, Robert W. Tucker, George Modelski, Charles Kindleberger, and the present writer …

Behavioral archaeology offers a way of examining the past by highlighting human
engagement with the material culture of the time.'Behavioral Archaeology: Principles and …

The study of regimes can contribute to our understanding of international politics only if
regimes represent more than international organizations and less than all international …

Rational choice theory tends to view political institutions as structures of voluntary
cooperation that resolve collective action problems and benefit all concerned. Yet the …

The study of international political economy is distinguished not only by its substantive focus
but also by its continuing attention to cooperative, or at least rule-guided, arrangements …

Large multinational corporations shape our lives to an enormous extent. How is the growth,
power, and significance of big business to be explained and understood? Focusing on the …

In recent years game theory has swept through all of the social sciences. Its practitioners
have great designs for it, claiming that it offers an opportunity to unify the social sciences and …