CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. Problems of Theory Building and Theory Confirmation in International Politics 6
5. Prospects for a General Theory of International Relations 25
6. Experimental Games and Bargaining Theory 47
7. On the Use of Game Models in Theories of International Relations 69
8. The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations 77
9. Assumptions of Rationality and Non-Rationality in Models of the International System 93
10. Agraria and Industria: Two Models of the International System 118
11. International Relations as a Prismatic System 144
12. The Acute International Crisis 182
13. International Systems and International Law 205
14. The Contributors 238