Chapter 1: Understanding International Relations [Part One] The Participants' Framework; Chapter 2: The Nation-State and the National Interest; Chapter 3: International Governmental Organizations; Chapter 4: Multinational Corporations; Chapter 5: Nongovernmental Organizations, Individuals, and Other International Actors; Chapter 6: The Actors and the System. [Part Two] The Perceptual Framework; Chapter 7: Perceptions and Politics in International Affairs; Chapter 8: The American Outlook; Chapter 9: The Soviet Outlook; Chapter 10: Outlooks East and West; Chapter 11: The Chinese Outlook; Chapter 12: Outlooks from the Third World. [Part Three] The Instrumental Framework; Chapter 13: Power; Chapter 14: Economic Parameters of Power; Chapter 15: Military Parameters of Power; Chapter 16: Sociopolitical Parameters of Power; Chapter 17: International Law as a Constraint on Power. [Part Four] The Argumentative Framework; Chapter 18: The Global Standard of Living; Chapter 19: War, Peace, and Violence; Chapter 20: Conflicts of Values. [Part Five] The Evolution of the International System; Chapter 21: Toward 2000.