{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-power-states-and-strategies-in-international-politics-9780691004570","title":"In the Shadow of Power States and Strategies in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgues for the usefulness of formal models in studying international conflict and for the necessity of greater dialogue between modeling and empirical analysis. This book focuses on the insights and intuitions that emerge during modeling, rather than on technical analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2000 Conflict Processes Book Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 2000 Best Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 \"Robert Powell enjoys a deserved reputation as the premier formal modeler in the field of international security studies. This book can only enhance that reputation... The book is extremely valuable for the coherence it imposes on previously unintegrated processes.\"--Glenn Snyder, Political Science Quarterly \"A welcome attempt to make the modeling enterprise accessible and understandable to nonpractitioners. Along the way it makes a concise and coherent case for why modeling can increase our understanding of international relations.\"--Colin Elman, Journal of Cold War Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii  Chapter 1 States and Strategies 3  Chapter 2 Guns, Butter, and Internal Balancing in the Shadow of Power 40  Chapter 3 Bargaining in the Shadow of Power 82  Chapter 4 Bargaining in the Shadow of Shifting Power 115  Chapter 5 Alignment Decisions in the Shadow of Power 149  Chapter 6 Conclusion 197  Appendix 1 Game Trees, Strategies, and Equilibria 225  Appendix 2 The Formalities of the Guns-versus-Butter Model 233  Appendix 3 The Formalities of Bargaining in the Shadow of Power 243  Appendix 4 The Formalities of Bargaining in the Shadow of Shifting Power 272  Appendix 5 The Formalities of the Alignment Model 283  References 291  Index 305","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359098274135,"sku":"9780691004570","price":40.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691004570.jpg?v=1754123580","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-power-states-and-strategies-in-international-politics-9780691004570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}