Power Plays

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-12181-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 502 g

Coercive diplomacy - the use of threats and assurances to alter another state's behavior - is indispensable to international relations. Most scholarship has focused on whether and when states are able to use coercive methods to achieve their desired results. However, employing game-theoretic tools, statistical modeling, and detailed case study analysis, Power Plays builds and tests a theory that explains how states develop strategies of coercive diplomacy, how their targets shield themselves from these efforts, and the implications for interstate relations. Focusing on the World Trade Organization, Power Plays argues that coercive diplomacy often precludes cooperation due to fears of exploitation, but that international institutions can solve these problems by convincing states to eschew certain tools for coercive purposes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carnegie, Allison

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Bilateral agreements and state similarity; 4. WTO membership as a commitment strategy; 5. Coercive diplomacy in comparative perspective; 6. Agreements and the displacement of coercion; 7. Reduced effectiveness of coercion: evidence from the United States; 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Carnegie, Allison
Allison Carnegie is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She received a joint PhD in Political Science and Economics from Yale University and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University from 2013 to 2014. Her work has been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, and the Election Law Journal. Carnegie has been awarded the Provost's Grant from Columbia University, along with fellowships from the Bradley, Falk, Ethel Boies Morgan, and Kaufman Foundations. Her essay on foreign aid delivery won the Global Development Network's Next Horizons Essay Contest, which was cosponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.