After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy

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After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy is a seminal work of neoliberal institutionalist theory in international relations that explains how states achieve cooperation through international institutions even in the absence of a dominant hegemonic power.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic monograph
book
non-fiction book
academicDiscipline international relations theory
political science
academicStatus classic text in international political economy
seminal work in neoliberal institutionalist theory
addresses conditions for stable international cooperation
problem of cooperation under anarchy
role of international regimes in world politics
arguesAgainst the view that hegemony is necessary for international cooperation
author Robert O. Keohane
centralClaim international cooperation can be sustained without a single dominant hegemonic power
international institutions facilitate cooperation by reducing transaction costs and providing information
states can achieve mutually beneficial outcomes under anarchy through regimes and institutions
countryOfOrigin United States
critiques hegemonic stability theory
field international political economy
international relations
focusesOn cooperation in trade and monetary relations
post–World War II international economic order
genre international relations literature
political science literature
hasImpactOn policy debates on international economic institutions
scholarly understanding of international organizations
influenced debates between neoliberal institutionalism and neorealism
neoliberal institutionalist research program in international relations
regime theory literature
language English
publicationYear 1984
publisher Princeton University Press
relatedConcept collective action problems
complex interdependence
international regimes
iterated games
prisoner’s dilemma
subject game theory in international relations
hegemonic stability theory
international cooperation
international institutions
regime theory
world political economy
theoreticalApproach liberal institutionalism
neoliberal institutionalism
usesMethod game theoretic models
rational choice analysis

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Robert O. Keohane
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