Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics

Since they were pioneered in the 1970s by Robert Keohane and others, the broad range of neoliberal institutionalist theories of international relations have grown in importance. In an increasingly globalized world, the realist and neorealist focus on states, military power, conflict, and anarchy has more and more given way to a recognition of the importance of nonstate actors, nonmilitary forms of power, interdependence, international institutions, and cooperation. Drawing together a group of leading international relations theorists, this book explores the frontiers of new research on the role of such forces in world politics. The topics explored in these chapters include the uneven role of peacekeepers in civil wars, the success of human rights treaties in promoting women's rights, the disproportionate power of developing countries in international environmental policy negotiations, and the prospects for Asian regional cooperation. While all of the chapters demonstrate the empirical and theoretical vitality of liberal and institutionalist theories, they also highlight weaknesses that should drive future research and influence the reform of foreign policy and international organizations. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Vinod Aggarawal, Jonathan Aronson, Elizabeth DeSombre, Page Fortna, Michael Gilligan, Lisa Martin, Timothy McKeown, Ronald Mitchell, Layna Mosley, Beth Simmons, Randall Stone, and Ann Tickner.

ISBN 0691140286   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780691140285 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Princeton University Press   Weight (grammes) 457 Imprint Princeton University Press   Published in New Jersey Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 20 Apr 2009   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress 2008042222   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 327.06   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		List of Figures and Tables
Ch. 1		Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics: Research Frontiers by Helen V. Milner		3
		Institutions and Power
Ch. 2		Institutions, Power, and Interdependence by Randall W. Stone		31
Ch. 3		The Transaction Costs Approach to International Institutions by Michael J. Gilligan		50
Ch. 4		The Influence of International Institutions: Institutional Design, Compliance, Effectiveness, and Endogeneity by Ronald B. Mitchell		66
		The Role of Institutions across Issue Areas
Ch. 5		Peacekeepers as Signals: The Demand for International Peacekeeping in Civil Wars by V. Page Fortna and Lisa L. Martin		87
Ch. 6		Women and International Institutions: The Effects of the Women's Convention on Female Education by Beth A. Simmons		108
Ch. 7		Private Governance for the Public Good? Exploring Private Sector Participation in Global Financial Regulation by Layna Mosley		126
Ch. 8		Power, Interdependence, and Domestic Politics in International Environmental Cooperation by Elizabeth R. DeSombre		147
Ch. 9		The Dynamics of Trade Liberalization by Vinod K. Aggarwal		164
		Power and Interdependence in a Globalized World
Ch. 10		International Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World by Jonathan D. Aronson		185
Ch. 11		The Big Influence of Big Allies: Transgovernmental Relations as a Tool of Statecraft by Timothy J. McKeown		204
Ch. 12		On Taking Religious Worldviews Seriously by J. Ann Tickner		223
		Afterword
Ch. 13		Robert Keohane: Political Theorist by Andrew Moravcsik		243
		Bibliography		265
		Index		291

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