The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure?

The book focuses on noncooperative game theory and its application to international relations, political economy, and American and comparative politics.

Order within Anarchy focuses on how the laws of war create strategic expectations about how states and their soldiers will act during war, which can help produce restraint.

本书围绕立法规则的作用,国际危机中的威慑,大众选举中的投票,立法机构的讨价还价,介绍如何用博弈论来分析政治问题.