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- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--Former Soviet republics.

Liberalism.

Former Soviet republics--Foreign economic relations.

Former Soviet republics.

Former Soviet republics--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Economic Liberalism & Its Rivals

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the critical role that the economic ideas of state leaders play in the creation and maintenance of the international economic order. Drawing on a detailed study of the fifteen post-Soviet states in their first decade of independence, interviews with key decision-makers and the use of closed ministerial archives, the book explores how the changing ideas of state officials led countries to follow one of three institutional paths: rapid entry into the World Trade Organization, participation in a regional Customs Union based on their prior Soviet ties, or autarky and economic closure. In doing so, the book traces the decisions that shaped the entry of these strategically important countries into the world economy and provides a novel theory of the role of ideas in international politics.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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

ISBN:

1-107-19714-7

0-511-50767-4

1-282-05845-2

9786612058455

0-511-57593-9

0-511-50833-6

0-511-50462-4

0-511-50899-9

0-511-50676-7

OCLC:

437110092