Formal theories in international relations / Michael Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Michael, 1933-

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 3.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

International relations--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Contents:

1 Formal theory in an intellectual context

2 Presuppositions of a formal approach to international relations

3 Cooperation and conflict amongst self-interested states

4 The problem of uncertainty: the conceptual issues

5 Uncertainty in the international system: applications

6 Bargaining and conflict termination

7 A world of many actors: alliances

8 Models of the arms race

9 Continuity and discontinuity: catastrophe theory

10 The international system as a whole

11 The process of decision

12 Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0521341035

OCLC:

18463496