International Institutions And Power Politics

Author : Anders Wivel,T.V. Paul
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626167025

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International Institutions and Power Politics by Anders Wivel,T.V. Paul Pdf

This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics. Power politics and international institutions are often studied as two separate domains, but this is in need of rethinking because today most states strategically use institutions to further their interests. Anders Wivel, T.V. Paul, and the international group of contributing authors update our understanding of how institutions are viewed among the major theoretical paradigms in international relations, and they seek to bridge the divides. Empirical chapters examine specific institutions in practice, including the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, and the European Union. The book also points the way to future research. International Institutions and Power Politics provides insights for both international relations theory and practical matters of foreign affairs, and it will be essential reading for all international relations scholars and advanced students.

Author : Karl Orfeo Fioretos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198744023

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International Politics and Institutions in Time by Karl Orfeo Fioretos Pdf

International Politics and Institutions in Time is the definitive exploration, by a group of leading international relations scholars, of the contribution of the historical institutionalism tradition for the study of international politics. Historical institutionalism is a counterpoint to the rational choice and sociological traditions of analysis in the study of international institutions, bringing particular attention to how timing and sequence of past events, path dependence, and other processes impact distributions of global power, policy choices, and the outcome of international political battles. This book places places particular emphasis on the sources of stability and change in major international institutions, such as those shaping state sovereignty and global governance, including in the areas of international organization, law, political economy, human rights, environment, and security. Featuring work by pioneering scholars, the volume is the most comprehensive collection to date on historical institutionalism in IR. It is projected to be of interest to multiple audiences including the international relations community, to historians, especially as that field is experiencing its own 'international' and 'global' turns, as well as sociologists and economists who work on institutions and international affairs.

Author : Robert O Keohane
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1989-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822025416405

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International Institutions And State Power by Robert O Keohane Pdf

Author : Erik Voeten
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691207322

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Ideology and International Institutions by Erik Voeten Pdf

Can international institutions help create more cooperative and peaceful relations between states? If so, how? And what motivates states to create meaningful institutions in the first place? Though theorists and researchers have approached these questions from different schools of thought, the commonality among them is that institutions are apolitical and their purpose is to assure common gains or develop shared social norms and identities. Institutions succeed if they rise above petty power politics and fail when they succumb to political confrontations. In this book, Erik Voeten offers a new broader understanding of international institutions. Current theories offer conflicting portraits of why IOs form, why the succeed (or not) and their role in current politics. While international institutions can enhance the welfare of participants, they are simultaneously the structural means through which actors try to get what they want, often at the expense of others. Voeten argues that these distributive politics shape institutions and, in turn, institutions shape the conduct of such politics. The book will largely be theoretical, as its purpose is to illustrate an alternative way of understanding institutions rather than to test a specific hypothesis. After developing what the distributive theory of international institutions is, Voeten examines how this theory bears on other understandings of international institutions on a variety of scholarly perspectives, drawing on the extensive work in this area

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367003104

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International Institutions and State Power by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Michael Barnett,Raymond Duvall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139444224

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Power in Global Governance by Michael Barnett,Raymond Duvall Pdf

This edited volume examines power in its different dimensions in global governance. Scholars tend to underestimate the importance of power in international relations because of a failure to see its multiple forms. To expand the conceptual aperture, this book presents and employs a taxonomy that alerts scholars to the different kinds of power that are present in world politics. A team of international scholars demonstrate how these different forms connect and intersect in global governance in a range of different issue areas. Bringing together a variety of theoretical perspectives, this volume invites scholars to reconsider their conceptualization of power in world politics and how such a move can enliven and enrich their understanding of global governance.

Author : Robert Owen Keohane
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Globalization
ISBN : 9780415288194

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Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World by Robert Owen Keohane Pdf

Consisting of a selection of Keohane's most recent essays, this absorbing book address such core issues as interdependence, institutions, the development of international law, globalization and global governance.

Author : Allison Carnegie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107121812

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Power Plays by Allison Carnegie Pdf

Power Plays argues that international institutions prevent extortion in some areas, but cause states to shift coercive behavior into less effective policy domains.

Author : Thomas D. Zweifel
Publisher : Swiss Consulting Group, Inc.
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781588263926

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International Organizations and Democracy by Thomas D. Zweifel Pdf

?Zweifel?s persuasive and highly relevant book is a significant contribution to the literature on IO governance.? ?Edward McMahon, University of VermontDo international organizations represent the interests of the global citizenry? Or are they merely vehicles for the agendas of powerful nations and special interests? Thomas Zweifel explores this increasingly contentious issue, deftly blending history, theory, and case studies.Zweifel?s analysis covers both regional organizations (e.g., the EU, NAFTA, NATO, the AU) and such global institutions as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. With international organizations becoming perhaps the most appropriate?if not the only?forum for tackling myriad transnational challenges, his systematic study of how these organizations function is central to the study of both international relations and democracy in the 21st century.Thomas D. Zweifel, CEO of the Swiss Consulting Group, is also adjunct professor at Columbia University?s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, he served as director of global operations for the Hunger Project.Contents: The Democratic Deficit of International Organizations. An Approach to Transnational Democracy. A Brief History of International Organization. The United Nations. The World Bank. The International Monetary Fund. The World Trade Organization. The European Union. From OAU to African Union. Other Regional Organizations: NAFTA, NATO, and ASEAN. Global Citizenship?

Author : Marc Lanteigne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : China
ISBN : 0415365848

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China and International Institutions by Marc Lanteigne Pdf

This book examines a new approach to Chinese foreign policy development in the post-Cold War international order.

Author : Kendall Stiles,Joel E. Oestreich
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781035312795

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Global Institutions in a Time of Power Transition by Kendall Stiles,Joel E. Oestreich Pdf

This insightful book investigates the role of the UN Secretariat in an era of significant global power shifts. It argues that though UN staff can shape political outcomes towards their own ideals and the UN’s institutional mission, their powers are limited by member states seeking to influence and control the Secretariat.

Author : Robert O. Keohane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:487545126

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International Institutions and State Power by Robert O. Keohane Pdf

Author : Lloyd Gruber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400823710

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Ruling the World by Lloyd Gruber Pdf

The last few decades have witnessed an extraordinary transfer of policy-making prerogatives from individual nation-states to supranational institutions. If you think this is cause for celebration, you are not alone. Within the academic community (and not only among students of international cooperation), the notion that political institutions are mutually beneficial--that they would never come into existence, much less grow in size and assertiveness, were they not "Pareto-improving"--is today's conventional wisdom. But is it true? In this richly detailed and strikingly original study, Lloyd Gruber suggests that this emphasis on cooperation's positive-sum consequences may be leading scholars of international relations down the wrong theoretical path. The fact that membership in a cooperative arrangement is voluntary, Gruber argues, does not mean that it works to everyone's advantage. To the contrary, some cooperators may incur substantial losses relative to the original, non-cooperative status quo. So what, then, keeps these participants from withdrawing? Gruber's answer, in a word, is power--specifically the "go-it-alone power" exercised by the regime's beneficiaries, many of whom would continue to benefit even if their partners, the losers, were to opt out. To lend support to this thesis, Gruber takes a fresh look at the political origins and structures of European Monetary Unification and NAFTA. But the theoretical arguments elaborated in Ruling the World extend well beyond money and trade, touching upon issues of long-standing interest to students of security cooperation, environmental politics, nation-building--even political philosophy. Bold and compelling, this book will appeal to anyone interested in understanding how "power politics" really operates and why, for better or worse, it is fueling much of the supranational activity we see today.

Author : Marc Lanteigne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134214020

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China and International Institutions by Marc Lanteigne Pdf

China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a new challenge to international relations theory. How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power with international institutions? This new study explores why China has chosen to abandon its previous doctrine of institutional isolation and details how it is currently unable to balance American power unilaterally and details an indirect path to greater power. In addition, it includes the first major analysis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, comprising China, Russia and most of Central Asia. In contrast to many works on the "rise of China" question, which place an emphasis on her material goods and powers, this book delivers a new approach. It shows how the unique barriers Beijing is facing are preventing the country from taking the traditional paths of territorial expansion and political-economic domination in order to develop as a great power. One of these barriers is the United States and its inherent military and economic strength. The other is the existence of nuclear weapons, which makes direct great power conflict unacceptably costly. China has therefore opted for a new path, using institutions as stepping stones to great power status. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, world politics, world history and Asia.

Author : Stephen E. Gent,Mark J.C. Crescenzi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197529836

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Market Power Politics by Stephen E. Gent,Mark J.C. Crescenzi Pdf

A new theory of market power politics that explains when and why states will delay cooperation or even fight wars in pursuit of this elusive goal. How are the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Russian incursions into Ukraine and Georgia, and China's occupation of islands in the South China Sea related? All three of these important moments in modern history were driven by the motivation to capture market power. Whether it was oil for Iraq, natural gas for Russia, or rare earth elements for China, the goal isn't just the commodities themselves--it is the ability to determine their price on the global market. In Market Power Politics, Stephen Gent and Mark Crescenzi develop a new theory of market power politics that explains when and why states will delay cooperation or even fight wars in pursuit of this elusive goal. Empirically examining case studies from different regions of the world, they explore how competition between states over market power can create disruptions in the global political economy and potentially lead to territorial aggression and war. They also provide clear policy recommendations, urging international institutions to establish norms that reduce the potential for open conflict. Ultimately, Market Power Politics shows that nations' desire to increase their market power means that the push for territorial expansion will continue to shape the trajectory of world politics.