1st Edition

Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World

By Robert Keohane Copyright 2002
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
1. Introduction: From interdependence and institutions to globalization and governance Part 1: Interdependence and Institutions 2. International Institutions: Can interdependence work? 3. International Liberalism Reconsidered 4. Hobbe's Dilemma and Institutional Change in World Politics: Sovereignty in international society 5. Risk, Threat and Security Institutions Part 2: Law 6. International Relations and International Law: Two optics 7. The Concept of Legalization 8. Legalized Dispute Resolution: Interstate and transnational Part 3: Globalism, Liberalism and Governance 9. Governance in a Globalizing World 10. The Club Model of Multilateral Cooperation and Problems of Democratic Legitimacy 11. Governance in a Partially Globalized World 12. Afterword: The globalization of informal violence, theories of world politics and the 'liberalism of fear'

Biography

Robert O. Keohane is Professor of International Relations at Duke University. He has also taught at Stanford and Harvard. His recent publications include After the Cold War (Harvard University Press: 1993) and Internationalization and Domestic Politics (Cambridge University Press: 1996)

'Detailed examination of the role of power in our increasingly globalized world.'

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