International Institutions and State Power: Essays in International Relations Theory

The essays in this book trace the development of the author’s thinking about international institutions between 1980 and 1988. The introduction, written especially for this volume, summarizes and defends the ＂neoliberal institutionalism＂ that he advocates as a framework for understanding world politics.

Robert O. Keohane is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is author of ＂After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy＂ and coauthor (with Joseph S. Nye) of ＂Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition＂ (1997).