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Synopsis
As one of the most innovative and influential thinkers in international relations for more than three decades, Robert O. Keohane's groundbreaking work in institutional theory has redefined our understanding of international political economy.
Consisting of a selection of his most recent essays, this absorbing book address such core issues as interdependence, institutions, the development of international law, globalization and global governance. The essays are placed in historical and intellectual context by a substantial new introduction outlining the developments in Keohane's thought, and in an original afterword, the author offers a challenging interpretation of the September 11th attacks and their aftermath. Undoubtedly, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in international relations.
Table of Contents
Introduction: from interdependence and institutions to globalization and governance /Robert O. Keohane --PART I. Interdependence and institutions --International institutions: can interdependence work? ;International liberalism reconsidered ;Hobbe's dilemma and institutional change in world politics: sovereignty in international society /Robert O. Keohane --Risk, threat, and security institutions /Celeste A. Wallander, Robert O. Keohane --PART II. Law --International relations and international law: two optics /Robert O. Keohane --Concept of legalization /Kenneth W. Abbott ... et al. --Legalized dispute resolution: interstate and transnational /Robert O. Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter --PART III. Globalism, liberalism, and governance --Governance in a globalizing world ;Club model of multilateral cooperation and problems of democratic legitimacy /Robert O. Keohane, Joseph S. Nye Jr. --Governance in a partially globalized world ;Globalization of informal violence, theories of world politics, and the "liberalism of fear" /Robert O. Keohane