Historical Institutionalism and International Relations : Explaining Institutional Development in World Politics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rixen, Thomas.

Contributor:

Viola, Lora Anne.

Zürn, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

International relations--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This volume applies Historical Institutionalism to the field of International Relations, and explores why it is particularly well-suited for understanding current developments within international institutions.

Contents:

Cover; Historical Institutionalism and International Relations: Explaining Institutional Development in World Politics; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Part I: Introduction; 1: Historical Institutionalism and International Relations: Towards Explaining Change and Stability in International Institutions; 1.1. THE PROMISE OF HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONALISM FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 1.2. HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 1.2.1. What is Historical Institutionalism?

1.2.2. Historical Institutionalist Mechanisms and International InstitutionsTools for Understanding Dynamic Processes and Stability; Focus on Endogenous Sources of Change; New Insights on Institutional Interaction; Enhancing Historical Institutionalism; 1.3. CONCEPTUALIZING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: RE-THINKING STABILITY AND CHANGE; 1.3.1. The Dimensions of Change; 1.3.2. Common Assumptions about the Nature of Institutional Change; 1.4. OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; 1.5. WHAT PLACE FOR HI IN IR?; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Part II: Historical Institutionalism at Work

2: Historical Institutionalism and Institutional Development in the EU: The Development of Supranational Authority over Government Subsidies (State Aid)2.1. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EU STATE AID REGULATION: THE EXPLANANDUM; 2.1.1. Preview of the Argument; 2.2. EXPLAINING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; 2.2.1. Insufficiency of Existing Explanations; 2.2.2. Agent-Centric Historical Institutionalism; Member States as Agents of Institutional Change; Supranational Actors as Agents of Institutional Change; Sub-National Private Actors as Agents of Institutional Change

2.3. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SUPRANATIONAL REGULATION OF STATE AID2.3.1. The Original Institutional Set-up: State Aid Rules in the Treaty of Rome; 2.3.2. The Early Decades: Supranationally Driven Change within Tight Constraints; 2.3.3. The 1980s, 1990s, and Beyond: The Commission's Formal Powers Gain "Teeth"; 2.3.4. The Power of Supranational Regulation of State Aid; 2.4. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; 3: Retrofitting Financial Globalization: The Politics of Intense Incrementalism after 2008; 3.1. CRISES, STATES, AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

3.1.1. National Preferences and International Institutional Choice3.2. FROM PIECEMEAL TO INTENSE INCREMENTALISM; 3.2.1. A Rapid Response; 3.2.2. Expanded Scope; 3.2.3. Deeper Reinforcements; 3.3. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; 4: Regionalization in the World Health Organization: Locking in a Pan-American Head Start; 4.1. THE IRREVERSIBLE REGIONALIZATION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; 4.2. THE WHO'S LONG FOUNDING MOMENT AND THE LIMITS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN; 4.2.1. The Initial Deadlock; 4.2.2. The Constitutional Compromise; 4.2.3. The Pan-American Head Start

4.2.4. Region-Building beyond the Constitution

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 14, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-182467-4

0-19-108515-4