Transactions, community, and international political integration

Bruce M. Russett

pp. 53-73

in: Harvey Starr (ed), Bruce M. Russett, Berlin, Springer, 2015

Abstract

One of the most confused issues in the theory of international political integration remains that of the role of transactions—whether community bonds among peoples can be used as indicators or predictors of political integration. This chapter reviews the nature of integration and the role of transactions. It is clear that much remains to be done in refining theory about political integration. These efforts must attend both to deductive theory-building and to empirical testing.