"This is a stimulating and thought-provoking book that should attract a wide readership in several disciplines."
--American Historical Review
Princeton University Press Web Site, May, 2001
Summary
Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic
findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing
his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient
world and the sixteenth century, he finds a surprising degree of confirmation and some intriguing exceptions.
