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International Politics on the World Stage, Brief 4/e
World Politics: International Politics on the World Stage, Brief, 4/e
John T. Rourke, University of Connecticut - Storrs
Mark A. Boyer, University of Connecticut - Storrs

The Evolution of World Politics

Systems of Political Power

An international system of world politics assumes that the world consists of more than just individual countries and that there must, of necessity, be an interplay among the forces in the world. The distribution of power has evolved over time.

See if you can match the appropriate system of power or political system to its definition.