{"product_id":"the-balance-of-power-stability-in-international-systems-paperback-9780521376150","title":"The Balance of Power; Stability in International Systems (Paperback) 9780521376150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Balance of Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStability in International Systems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book uses the tools of game theory to develop a comprehensive theory of anarchic systems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmerson M. S. Niou (Author), Peter C. Ordeshook (Author), Gregory F. Rose (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521376150, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 1 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.557 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a volume that no scholar of international relations can safely ignore.\"   Journal of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne of the fundamental issues of international relations concerns whether, and under what conditions, stability prevails in anarchic systems, these being systems in which all authority and institutional restraints to action are wholly endogenous. This book uses the tools of game theory to develop a comprehensive theory of such systems and details both necessary and sufficient conditions for stability. The authors first define two forms of stability: system and resource stability. International political systems are said to be stable when no state confronts the possibility of a loss of sovereignty. Resource stability, in contrast, requires that the current distribution of wealth and power among states can change only due to differences in the vitality of economies. The theory developed in this book refines the classic balance-of-power theory and formally incorporates into that theory the consideration of endogenous resource growth, preventive war, war costs and the imperatives of geography, revealing a fundamental conflict between the concepts of 'balancers' and 'central powers'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Basic elements of a model and definitions of stability\u003cbr\u003e 3. System stability and the balance of power\u003cbr\u003e 4. Resource stability and the balance of power\u003cbr\u003e 5. Preventive war\u003cbr\u003e 6. Geography, balancers and central powers\u003cbr\u003e 7. Great-power alliance formation, 1871–1914\u003cbr\u003e 8. European conflict resolution, 1875–1914\u003cbr\u003e 9. Summary and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e References and selected bibliography on European great-power relations, 1871–1914\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007154409752,"sku":"9780521376150","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521376150i_270252fc-940d-43e8-9f05-4ace08196ba9.jpg?v=1691376027","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-balance-of-power-stability-in-international-systems-paperback-9780521376150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}