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Trust in International Cooperation: International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism
Brian C. Rathbun
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Description for Trust in International Cooperation: International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism
Paperback. Challenges conventional wisdoms concerning the role of trust in the origins of international cooperation and bipartisanship in US foreign policy. Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
Trust in International Cooperation challenges conventional wisdoms concerning the part which trust plays in international cooperation and the origins of American multilateralism. Brian C. Rathbun questions rational institutionalist arguments, demonstrating that trust precedes rather than follows the creation of international organizations. Drawing on social psychology, he shows that individuals placed in the same structural circumstances show markedly different propensities to cooperate based on their beliefs about the trustworthiness of others. Linking this finding to political psychology, Rathbun explains why liberals generally pursue a more multilateral foreign policy than conservatives, evident in the Democratic Party's greater support for a genuinely multilateral ... Read more
Trust in International Cooperation challenges conventional wisdoms concerning the part which trust plays in international cooperation and the origins of American multilateralism. Brian C. Rathbun questions rational institutionalist arguments, demonstrating that trust precedes rather than follows the creation of international organizations. Drawing on social psychology, he shows that individuals placed in the same structural circumstances show markedly different propensities to cooperate based on their beliefs about the trustworthiness of others. Linking this finding to political psychology, Rathbun explains why liberals generally pursue a more multilateral foreign policy than conservatives, evident in the Democratic Party's greater support for a genuinely multilateral ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107603769
SKU
V9781107603769
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About Brian C. Rathbun
Brian C. Rathbun is an Associate Professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Partisan Interventions: European Party Politics and Peace Enforcement in the Balkans (2004) as well as articles in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies and the European Journal of International Relations ... Read more
Reviews for Trust in International Cooperation: International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism
'The role for 'trust' in world politics is often denied, taken for granted, or simply overlooked. This book asks excellent questions about how, when, and why states trust each other - and when they don't. Paying close attention to both domestic politics and international relations, Rathbun covers the most important cases of negotiating world order in the [twentieth] century and ... Read more