Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy () von Jennifer Sterling-Folker

Preface and Acknowledgments

Glossary of Abbreviations

1. Explaining International Cooperation
The "New" International Organization
Prior Periods of Liberal Cogency
Contructivism in an Era of Liberal Cogency
A Second Look at Interdependence and Regimes as Explanations for Cooperation
A Realist-Constructivist Alternative
Overview for the Book

2. Liberal Cooperation Theory
Defining Interdependence
Autonomy and Sovereignty in Interdependence
Interdependence and Cooperation According to Issue Areas
Complex Interdependence: Issue Areas of Mutual Gain in Conditions of Interdependence
Domestic Structual and Cognitive Barriers to Cooperation
Changing Cognitive Maps: Learning, Information, Linkages, and Regimes
Interdependence as Process and By Way of Conclusion

3. A Realist-Constructivist Alternative
The "Conventional Wisdom"
Revisiting the Concept of Anarchy
Human Social Practice in an Anarchic Environment
The Foundation for a Neoclassical Realist Approach to Autonomy and Cooperation
Autonomy as a Social Practice
The Realist-Constructivist Approach to International Cooperation

4. Empirical Propositions and the Bretton Woods Monetary Regime
Monetary Elite Networks and Opportunities in the American Context
Operationalizing Liberal Expectations: A First Cut
Post-Bretton Woods as Regime Creation and Policy Optimizing
Defining Functional Institutional Efficiency in International Monetary Affairs
Post-Bretton Woods as Regimes Maintenance and Satisficing Stabilization
Operationalizing Realist-Constructivist Expectations
Research Design Summary

5. U.S. International Monetary Cooperation, 1971-1993
"The Dollar May be Our Currency But It's Your Problem"
"In a Boat With an Elephant"
"The Magic of the Marketplace"
"Cowboys at the Hotel"
"Remember, It Was Only Dinner Conversation"
"Once in a While I Think about those Things, But Not Much"

6. Why Liberal Theories Fail to Account for the Empirical Record
Revelations from the Empirical Record
Economic Policymakers in History
The Shift From Regime Creation to Regime Maintenance
Interdependent Demand and Functionally Efficient Supply

7. Explaining U.S. International Monetary Cooperation with Realist-Constructivism
Returning to the Hotel
Why Toast the God of Cooperation
Post-Plaza Polite "Dinner Conversation"
Directions for Future Research
Cooperation and the Possbility of Fundamental Systemic Change

Notes

Bibliography

Index