Strategic Choice and International Relations edited by David A. Lake and Robert Powell

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, Robert, 1956

Lake, David A., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The strategic-choice approach has a long pedigree in international relations. In an area often rent by competing methodologies, editors David A. Lake and Robert Powell take the best of accepted and contested knowledge among many theories. With the contributors to this volume, they offer a unifying perspective, which begins with a simple insight: students of international relations want to explain the choices actors make--whether these actors be states, parties, ethnic groups, companies, leaders, or individuals. This synthesis offers three new benefits: first, the strategic interaction of actors is the unit of analysis, rather than particular states or policies; second, these interactions are now usefully organized into analytic schemes, on which conceptual experiments may be based; and third, a set of methodological "bets" is then made about the most productive ways to analyze the interactions. Together, these elements allow the pragmatic application of theories that may apply to a myriad of particular cases, such as individuals protesting environmental degradation, governments seeking to control nuclear weapons, or the United Nations attempting to mobilize member states for international peacekeeping. Besides the editors, the six contributors to this book, all distinguished scholars of international relations, are Jeffry A. Frieden, James D. Morrow, Ronald Rogowski, Peter Gourevitch, Miles Kahler, and Arthur A. Stein. Their work is an invaluable introduction for scholars and students of international relations, economists, and government decision-makers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One. International Relations: A Strategic-Choice Approach

Chapter Two. Actors and Preferences in International Relations

Chapter Three. The Strategic Setting of Choices: Signaling, Commitment, and Negotiation in International Politics

Chapter Four. Institutions as Constraints on Strategic Choice

Chapter Five. The Governance Problem in International Relations

Chapter Six. Evolution, Choice, and International Change

Chapter Seven. The Limits of Strategic Choice: Constrained Rationality and Incomplete Explanation

References

About the Authors

Name Index

General Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Acknowledgments vii Chapter One International Relations: A Strategic-Choice Approach David A. Lake and Robert Powell 3 Chapter Two Actors and Preferences in International Relations Jeffry A. Frieden 39 Chapter Three The Strategic Setting of Choices: Signaling, Commitment, and Negotiation in International Politics James D. Morrow 77 Chapter Four Institutions as Constraints on Strategic Choice Ronald Rogowski 115 Chapter Five The Governance Problem in International Relations Peter Alexis Gourevitch 137 Chapter Six Evolution, Choice, and International Change Miles Kabler 165 Chapter Seven The Limits of Strategic Choice: Constrained Rationality and Incomplete Explanation Arthur A. Stein 197 References 229 About the Authors 261 Name Index 263 General Index 267

ISBN:

9780691213095

0691213097

OCLC:

1153575586