Action and reaction in the world system: the dynamics of economic and political power

Abstract

Preface to the English Edition PART ONE: THEORY 1 Active Units and Praxeological Problems: An Introduction 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 Th e Engineer and the Economist 14 Strategy, Forecasting, and Chance Appendices Notes Index