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Reviews 9 books on the politics of energy especially its international dimensions. Gives particular attention to the way international markets and politics intersect. Concludes by suggesting elements that could constitute a more sound basis for study of world oil markets. (GAW)

This book provides an organized overview of the changing agenda of world politics since 1945, presenting economic and social issues where that seemed appropriate, even when little action was taken about them and exploring OPEC as an example of the use of producer associations.

`Levels of analysis' problems can involve issues regarding (1) the relative potency of different categories of explanatory factors, (2) the relationship between analyses focusing on different units of analysis or (3) the relationship between assumptions about individual social entities and hypotheses regarding interactions among those entities. An analysis of the manner in which economists have dealt with levels of analysis issues and recent developments in the field of international politics focusing on the relationship between regime types and international conflict can facilitate the integration of research efforts involving different levels of analysis. Advocates of `democratic peace' rely increasingly on an assumption that leaders of states place the highest priority on staying in power. This assumption offers a useful basis for the integration of domestic as well as international or environmental explanatory factors. Since this assumption and theoretical notions based on it imply that different types of states behave differently, however, it can also complicate the analysis of interactions among states. Directed dyadic level analyses, and analyses of more complex aggregates using directed dyads as building blocks, can produce data that are more germane to the evaluation of hypotheses regarding the impact of differences between states than aggregate level analyses that typically tend to obscure `who does what to whom'.

Examines how issues of poverty and development are being framed at the global level and in the international relations research agenda; 7 articles. Topics include gender and development, and internationalizing economic and environmental policy through the World Bank.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Eagle's Gaze -- 3 Power Politics and Open Government in the United States -- 4 Woodrow Wilson and the "Publicity Principle" -- 5 Transparency and US–Soviet Security Competition -- 6 Eyeing a Rising China -- 7 Transparency and the 21st Century World -- Bibliography

The popularity of alternative approaches to international politics cannot be explained entirely by their scholarly virtues. Among the other factors at work are fashions and normative and political preferences. This in part explains the increasing role of rationalism and constructivism. Important as they are, these approaches are necessarily less complete than liberalism, Marxism, and realism. Indeed, they fit better with the latter than is often realized. Realism, then, continues to play a major role in IR scholarship. It can elucidate the conditions and strategies that are conducive to cooperation and can account for significant international change, including a greatly decreased tolerance for force among developed countries, which appears to be currently the case. But neither it nor other approaches have as yet proved to be reliable guides to this new world.