Knowingo
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
Why does cooperation among nations so often fail even when their interests overlap, and can it last without one dominant power?
At a glance
- Author
- Robert O. Keohane
Why read it
- You will learn to tell harmony from cooperation, since cooperation means actors must change what they do
- You will understand why the same players meeting again and again can rationally cooperate, even when cheating pays in a single round
- You will question whether a dominant power is needed to build international rules, since the author argues cooperation can arise among egoists
Who it is for
- Students of international relations meeting regime theory for the first time
- Trade negotiators puzzled why agreements between friendly states keep failing
- Readers asking whether a world without a superpower can stay orderly
More books like this
A Civil ActionJonathan Harr
A Higher LoyaltyComey, James
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the LawAntonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann
A Very Stable GeniusPhilip Rucker, Carol Leonnig
AbundanceEzra Klein, Derek Thompson
Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New RepublicJoanne B. Freeman
Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in AmericaMartin Gilens
Age of AngerPankaj Mishra
Ain’t I a Womanbell hooks
All the President’s MenBob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent NationTraister, Rebecca
American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the UnderclassDouglas S. Massey, Nancy A. Denton