The Balance of Power Stability in International Systems |
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| Author:
| Ordeshook, Peter C.
Niou, Emerson M.
Rose, Gregory F. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-37471-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1989 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $139.00 |
Book Description:
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This book uses the tools of game theory to develop a comprehensive theory of anarchic systems and details both necessary and sufficient conditions for stability. The theory developed 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'.
This book uses the tools of game theory to develop a comprehensive theory of anarchic systems and details both necessary and sufficient conditions for stability. The theory developed 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'.