Abstract
The study of international political economy is distinguished not only by its substantive focus but also by its continuing attention to cooperative, or at least rule-guided, arrangements. These cooperative arrangements are defined variously: as an open world economy by Robert Gilpin and Stephen Krasner, and as strong international regimes by Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye. But in either case, the problems of cooperation and order are not approached simply as tactical alliances or as limiting cases of international anarchy. Instead, close attention is paid to the possibilities for rule making and institution building, however fragile and circumscribed they may be. By this view, the absence of a Hobbesian “common power to keep them all in awe” does not preclude the establishment of some effective joint controls over the international environment. Elaborating on this perspective, Brian Barry argues that “international affairs are not a pure anarchy in which nobody has any reason for expecting reciprocal relations to hold up. In economic matters, particularly, there is a good deal of room for stable expectations.”
Keywords
International relationsnobodyInstitutionLaw and economicsLimitingPolitical sciencePower (physics)Order (exchange)Perspective (graphical)International securityDiplomacyPolitical economyLawSociologyPoliticsEconomics
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- 1984
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- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-23
- Citations
- 375
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Charles Lipson
(1984).
International Cooperation in Economic and Security Affairs.
World Politics
, 37
(1)
, 1-23.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2010304
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- 10.2307/2010304