Action and Reaction in the World System : The Dynamics of Economic and Political Power

Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: Theory -- 1 Active Units and Praxeological Problems -- 2 Potency -- 3 Conflicts and Their Resolution -- 4 The Concept of Strategy -- 5 The Stability of Systems of Active Units -- 6 International Relations Theory -- 7 The Object and Nature of Economics -- PART TWO: Aspects of Praxeology -- 8 Perspectives on the International System -- 9 Globalization, Market Economy, and Unemployment -- 10 Ideology, Culture, and Action -- 11 Ethics and Politics -- 12 State Sovereignty and the International Community -- 13 The Engineer and the Economist -- 14 Strategy, Forecasting, and Chance -- Appendix 1: Balance of Potency -- Appendix 2: Game Theory -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.