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

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The theories about why governments cooperate with each other obscure more than they reveal about the subject, says Sterling- Folker (political science, U.of Connecticut), and scholars of international relations still cannot adequately understand or explain the phenomenon.

Preface and Acknowledgments

vii

Glossary of Abbreviations

Explaining International Cooperation

(36)

The ``New'' International Organization

(3)

Prior Periods of Liberal Cogency

(5)

Constructivism in an Era of Liberal Cogency

(5)

A Second Look at Interdependence and Regimes as Explanations for Cooperation

(6)

A Realist-Constructivist Alternative

(8)

Overview of the Book

(5)

Liberal Cooperation Theory

(30)

Defining Interdependence

(3)

Autonomy and Sovereignty in Interdependence

(4)

Interdependence and Cooperation According to Issue Areas

(3)

Complex Interdependence: Issue Areas of Mutual Gain in Conditions of Interdependence

(3)

Domestic Structural and Cognitive Barriers to Cooperation

(7)

Changing Cognitive Maps: Learning, Information, Linkages, and Regimes

(5)

Interdependence as Process and By Way of Conclusion

(4)

A Realist-Constructivist Alternative

(38)

The ``Conventional Wisdom''

(3)

Revisiting the Concept of Anarchy

(6)

Human Social Practice in an Anarchic Environment

(8)

The Foundation for a Neoclassical Realist Approach to Autonomy and Cooperation

(8)

Autonomy as a Social Practice

(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 Expections

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

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

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