After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy

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Title	After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
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Description	Keohane starts his research with accepting the realist assumptions about the international order of anarchy and self help but derives solutions which are more conducive to cooperation among unitary states from the same assumptions[1]. In other words, rational and egoist states can also cooperate under certain circumstances. In this context, the role of institutions becomes critical to explain the levels of cooperation we see in the international sphere today. Keohane argues that institutions, by generating information and reducing transaction costs, give states more incentives to cooperate. Cooperation is thus more commonplace than realists would assume. Regimes and institutions are perhaps initially created according to the will of great powers. However, their subsistence and future impacts on international politics cannot be subsumed purely to the desires of those. Strong states will compromise as long as the cooperation fits their long-term interests.
Authors / Editors	Keohane, Robert O.
Date Published	1984
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