Robert Gilpin - Control Quotes

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Both the control of territory and the political domination of one state over another have profound consequences for international economic relations. However... market power or economic power has itself become a principal means by which states seek to organize and manipulate the international division of labor to their own advantage.

Robert Gilpin

[In] the definition of international system... There is some "form of control" that regulates behavior and may range from informal rules of the system to formal institutions.... A view prevalent among many scholars of political science is that the essence of international relations is precisely the absence of control... a condition of anarchy...

Robert Gilpin

Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.

Robert Gilpin

How can the human race, whether for selfish or more cosmopolitan ends, understand and control the seemingly blind forces of history?

Robert Gilpin