After Hegemony: Cooperation and Conflict in World Political Economy -- Translations from the Oriental Translation Society

Author: Robert Keohane (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is the most comprehensive and influential work to date on the study of cooperation among developed capitalist countries. Can international cooperation persist in the absence of a hegemonic state? To address this urgent question in contemporary world politics, Professor Keohane analyzes the role of international institutions (or regimes) in the world political economy that enable cooperation, as well as the evolution of these regimes in the context of the decline of U.S. hegemony. Professor Keohane does not believe that the decline of hegemony makes international cooperation impossible. On the contrary, he argues that the design of international institutions can foster cooperation among self-interested states. The book covers a broad range of topics. Drawing on archival research, oral interviews, international political theory, rational choice analysis, microeconomic theory, Marxist and non-Marxist theories of international political economy, Professor Keohane delves deeply into the issue of cooperation in the post-hegemonic era, reaching many thought-provoking conclusions. As a result, the book has become one of the most authoritative and highly cited works in the field of international political economy.