Analyzes the underlying basis for state participation in cooperative international structures.
Hierarchy amidst Anarchy is a study of state security provisions, explaining not only why states cooperate, and with whom, but also why they choose the specific types of cooperation they do. In contrast to competing theories that explain international cooperation in terms of the desire to be "bigger" or "stronger", Weber insists that the key to understanding countries' international institutional choices can be found by focusing on economic theories of organization and, more specifically, transaction costs. Cross-sectional studies of two historical periods, the final years of the Napoleonic Wars (1812-15) and the post-1945 period - such contrasting security structures as NATO and the European Defense Community - are used to illustrate the argument.
| ISBN: | 9780791447208 |
| Publication date: | 10th August 2000 |
| Author: | Katja Weber |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Global Politics |
| Genres: |
Public international law: treaties and other sources International relations Warfare and defence |
Analyzes the underlying basis for state participation in cooperative international structures.Hierarchy amidst Anarchy is a study of state security provisions, explaining not only why states cooperate, and with whom, but also why they choose the specific types of cooperation they do. In contrast to competing theories that explain international cooperation in terms of the desire to be "bigger" or "stronger", Weber insists that the key to understanding countries' international institutional choices can be found by focusing on economic theories of organization and, more specifically, transaction costs.
Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy features in the following genres: Public international law: treaties and other sources, International relations, Warfare and defence
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Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy was written by Katja Weber and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy has 216 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Global Politics series