Economic liberalism and its rivals : the formation of international institutions among the post-Soviet states / Keith A. Darden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darden, Keith A., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Former Soviet republics--Foreign economic relations.

Former Soviet republics.

Former Soviet republics--Economic policy.

Liberalism--Former Soviet republics.

Physical Description:

xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Contents:

Theory and methodology

A natural experiment

A theory of international order

Three international trajectories

Liberalism and its rivals : history, typology, and measurement

Contingent selection and systematic effects : country-level analyses of elite selection, ideational change, and institutional choice, 1991-2000

The Baltic states and Moldova

Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine

The Caucasus

Central Asia

Comparing cases

Alternative explanations and statistical tests

Smoking guns : a causal history of institutional choice

Conclusions and implications of the analysis

Appendix A: Measurement and coding of economic ideas, additional tests

Appendix B: Interviews conducted by author

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-344) and index.

ISBN:

9780521866538

0521866537

OCLC:

166317488

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