The International System

?This is a book of essays by a group of American and Australian economists and political scientists. They seek, at the highest level, a theory of the world polity and, at a lower level, a theory of the role of component states within this polity. They are dissatisfied with the more established approach in international relations, with its narrower interest in the relationship between states and its egocentric one-country or two-country models. As a novel scientific approach to international affairs, this volume claims our attention as citizens. May it help a little to avoid a return to beggar-my-neighbor policies and war.?-Economic Journal