Playing Our Game: Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten the West. By Edward S. Steinfeld. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 280p. $27.95 cloth, $21.95 paper.

Whether emerging powers embrace or instead challenge the current international order will be an important determinant of international stability in the years ahead. The material primacy of the traditional Western democracies will wane as emerging powers like China, India, and Brazil continue their ascent; that much we know. What remains unclear is how this change in the distribution of global power will affect the rules and institutions that are the infrastructure of international order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]