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The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations J. David Singer World Politics, Vol. 14, No. 1, The International System: Theoretical Essays. (Oct., 1961), pp. 77-92. Stable URL: /sici?sici=0043-88712914%3A1%3C77%3ATLPIIR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T World Politics is currently published by The Johns Hopkins University Press. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at /about/terms.html. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at /journals/jhup.html. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact support@. Wed May 30 12:59:14 2007 THE LEVEL-OF-ANALYSIS PROBLEM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS By J. DAVID SINGER any area of scholarly inquiry, there are always several ways in which the phenomena under study may be sorted and arranged for IN purposes of systemic analysis. Whether in the physical or social sciences, the observer may choose to focus upon the parts or upon the whole, upon the compone