Power, the state and sovereignty : essays on international relations / Stephen D. Krasner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krasner, Stephen D., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegemony--United States.

Hegemony.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stephen Krasner has been one of the most influential theorists within international relations and international political economy over the past few decades. Power, the State, and Sovereignty is a collection of his key scholarly works. The book includes both a framing introduction written for this volume, and a concluding essay examining the relationship between academic research and the actual making of foreign policy. Drawing on both his extensive academic work and his experiences during his recent role within the Bush administration (as Director for Policy Planning at the

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: Actors and institutions in the study of international politics; Part I Domestic politics and foreign policy; 1 Defending the national interest; 2 US commercial and monetary policy: Unraveling the paradox of external strength and internal weakness; 3 Approaches to the state: Alternative conceptions and historical dynamics; 4 Sovereignty: An institutional perspective; Part II International politics; 5 Structural causes and regime consequences: Regimes as intervening variables

6 State power and the structure of international trade7 Global communications and national power: Life on the Pareto frontier; Part III Sovereignty; 8 Sovereignty and its discontents; 9 Organized hypocrisy in nineteenth-century East Asia; 10 Sharing sovereignty: New institutions for collapsed and failing states; Conclusion: Garbage cans and policy streams: how academic research might affect foreign policy; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-135-97477-2

1-282-01684-9

9786612016844

0-203-88213-X

9780203882139

OCLC:

318684325