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In a recent article in this journal, Chapman presents a formal model of the informational role played by international institutions. Unfortunately, the equilibria given in the article are incorrect. In this article, we identify the errors in the analysis of Chapman and solve for correct equilibria to the model. Our results show little support for the empirical implications derived in the original article. Contrary to these original findings, we find that there may be no relationship between an institution's policy position and its effect on domestic public opinion or the likelihood that leaders will consult the institution.

Starting in the 1990s, scholarship has produced interesting, new, nuanced ideas about the potential role of international institutions in transforming the global political system. Political scientists have achieved a new understanding of how the Westphalian system came into being, and this understanding has provided a rudimentary model of the dynamics of system transformation. The new institutionalism has provided insights into the possible role of institutions. Scholars have developed new understandings of secondary consequences of conducting interactions among nation-states through international institutions. The study of a particular institution, the European Union, has been revitalized and important knowledge has emerged about its dynamics and trajectory. Finally, scholars have begun to raise questions about the properties of a non-Westphalian system, especially about how democratic accountability could be established. This chapter examines each of these developments in turn.

AN ATTEMP TO DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC EXCHANGE,THE AUTHORS VIEW SUCH EXCHANGE AS A SYSTEM OF INTERACTION WITHIN A SOCIAL STRUCTURE, ENCOMPASSING ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND OTHER BASES OF POWER DIFFERENCES, THEY FOCUSON THE EFFORTS OF VARIOUS WE STERN NATIONS SINCE 18TH CENTURYTO ADVANTAGEOUSLY STRUCTURE EXCHANGE AND TO ESTABLISH OR PERPETUATE INEQUALITY