Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy : Explaining U. S. International Monetary Policy-Making after Bretton Woods

by Sterling-Folker, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780791452073
• ISBN10: 0791452077
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vii
Glossary of Abbreviations	xi
Explaining International Cooperation	1	(36)
The ``New'' International Organization	5	(3)
Prior Periods of Liberal Cogency	8	(5)
Constructivism in an Era of Liberal Cogency	13	(5)
A Second Look at Interdependence and Regimes as Explanations for Cooperation	18	(6)
A Realist-Constructivist Alternative	24	(8)
Overview of the Book	32	(5)
Liberal Cooperation Theory	37	(30)
Defining Interdependence	38	(3)
Autonomy and Sovereignty in Interdependence	41	(4)
Interdependence and Cooperation According to Issue Areas	45	(3)
Complex Interdependence: Issue Areas of Mutual Gain in Conditions of Interdependence	48	(3)
Domestic Structural and Cognitive Barriers to Cooperation	51	(7)
Changing Cognitive Maps: Learning, Information, Linkages, and Regimes	58	(5)
Interdependence as Process and By Way of Conclusion	63	(4)
A Realist-Constructivist Alternative	67	(38)
The ``Conventional Wisdom''	67	(3)
Revisiting the Concept of Anarchy	70	(6)
Human Social Practice in an Anarchic Environment	76	(8)
The Foundation for a Neoclassical Realist Approach to Autonomy and Cooperation	84	(8)
Autonomy as a Social Practice	92	(8)
The Realist-Constructivist Approach to International Cooperation	100	(5)
Empirical Propositions and the Bretton Woods Monetary Regime	105	(38)
Monetary Elite Networks and Opportunities in the American Context	107	(9)
Operationalizing Liberal Expectations: A First Cut	116	(2)
Post-Bretton Woods as Regime Creation and Policy Optimizing	118	(5)
Defining Functional Institutional Efficiency in International Monetary Affairs	123	(8)
Post-Bretton Woods as Regimes Maintenance and Satisficing Stabilization	131	(5)
Operationalizing Realist-Constructivist Expectations	136	(3)
Research Design Summary	139	(4)
U.S. International Monetary Cooperation, 1971-1993	143	(40)
``The Dollar May be Our Currency But It's Your Problem''	143	(9)
``In a Boat With an Elephant''	152	(6)
``The Magic of the Marketplace''	158	(6)
``Cowboys at the Hotel''	164	(7)
``Remember, It Was Only Dinner Conversation''	171	(5)
``Once in a While I Think about those Things, But Not Much''	176	(7)
Why Liberal Theories Fail to Account for the Empirical Record	183	(28)
Revelations from the Empirical Record	184	(4)
Economic Policymakers in History	188	(6)
The Shift From Regime Creation to Regime Maintenance	194	(7)
Interdependent Demand and Functionally Efficient Supply	201	(10)
Explaining U.S. International Monetary Cooperation with Realist-Constructivism	211	(24)
Returning to the Hotel	215	(3)
Why Toast the God of Cooperation?	218	(5)
Post-Plaza Polite ``Dinner Conversation''	223	(3)
Directions for Future Research	226	(4)
Cooperation and the Possibility of Fundamental Systemic Change	230	(5)
Notes	235	(34)
Bibliography	269	(20)
Index	289