Multilateralism Matters

[Front Cover]......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
PART 1 - The Concept......Page 13
1. Multilateralism: The Anatomy of an Institution - John Gerard Ruggie......Page 15
The Meanings of Multilateralism......Page 20
Multilateralism in History......Page 26
Property Rights......Page 27
Coordination Problems......Page 28
Collaboration Problems......Page 29
The Twentieth-Century Discontinuity......Page 35
The United States and Postwar Multilateralism......Page 36
Multilateralism and Transformation......Page 43
Conclusion......Page 47
Notes......Page 48
PART 2 - Theoretical Debates......Page 61
Multilateralism: Ignored by the World or by International Relations Theory?......Page 63
Multilateralism: Definition and Conceptualization......Page 65
Three Routes to Multilateralism......Page 68
The Individualist Paradigm......Page 69
Social-Communicative Approaches......Page 78
Institutional Approaches......Page 85
Conclusion......Page 93
Notes......Page 95
3. The Rational State Choice of Multilateralism - Lisa L. Martin......Page 103
Strategic Interaction and Multilateralism......Page 106
Collaboration Problems......Page 107
Coordination Problems......Page 113
Suasion Problems......Page 115
Assurance Problems......Page 118
Hegemonic Interests......Page 121
The Effects of Bipolarity......Page 124
Institutional Change......Page 126
Conclusions......Page 128
Notes......Page 129
PART 3 - Domestic Dontent......Page 135
4. Regulating the World: Multilateralism, International Law, and the Projection of the New Deal Regulatory State - Anne-Marie Burley......Page 137
The International Law of Cooperation......Page 138
Sources of the International Law of Cooperation......Page 140
Projecting the U.S. Regulatory State......Page 141
Planning the World......Page 142
Taking Responsability for the World......Page 143
The Organizers......Page 145
The Institutional Solution......Page 146
Centralizing Global Authority......Page 150
The Problem of Motives......Page 151
Liberalism and Multilateralism......Page 153
Conclusion......Page 158
Notes......Page 160
5. Elect Locally-Order Globally: Domestic Politics and Multilateral Cooperation - Peter F. Cowhey......Page 169
Multilateralism and Contracting......Page 170
Domestic Politics and Credibility......Page 173
U.S. Politics......Page 175
A Model of U.S. Politics......Page 176
The United States and the Creation of Multilateralism......Page 178
Japan-Private Goods and Multilateral Credibility......Page 186
A Model of Japanese Politics......Page 188
Institutional Innovations......Page 192
Summary......Page 198
Notes......Page 199
Introduction......Page 213
American Trade Policy Preferences......Page 216
Reciprocity and MFN Status......Page 217
The 1934 Act......Page 220
Agricultural Trade Policy and the Idea of Parity......Page 222
Farm Legislation......Page 223
Constructing the Trade Regime......Page 226
The GATT Regime: Multilateralism with Exceptions......Page 231
The CAP......Page 232
Conclusions......Page 234
Notes......Page 237
7. Shaping the Postwar Balance of Power: Multilateralism in NATO - Steve Weber......Page 245
Security, Alliances, and Multilateralism......Page 247
The Immediate Postwar World......Page 250
Implementing the Plan......Page 254
Assumptions Undermined......Page 256
The Korean War......Page 259
Eisenhower\'s Vision......Page 261
Nuclear Sharing Under Eisenhower Before 1960......Page 265
Nuclear Sharing Under Eisenhower, 1960......Page 270
Kennedy and the Triumph of the Deterrence Scenario......Page 274
Multilateralism As a Dependent Variable......Page 279
Multilateralism As an Independent Variable......Page 281
Notes......Page 284
PART 4 - International Change......Page 305
8. Multilateralism with Small and Large Numbers - Miles Kahler......Page 307
Cooperation with Large Numbers: The Misplaced Pessimism of the Neoliberals......Page 309
Multilateralism, Minilateralism, and Bilateralism After 1945......Page 311
Multilateralism with Large Numbers: An Examination of Three Cases......Page 317
The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea......Page 319
The Uruguay Round......Page 323
Global Environmental Regimes......Page 326
Institutional Solutions for the New Multilateralism......Page 328
Conclusion: The Future of Multilateral Governance......Page 333
Notes......Page 334
9. Multilateralism and Security: Prospects in Europe - Patrick M. Morgan......Page 339
The Opportunity......Page 340
Multilateralism......Page 344
Explanations......Page 348
Evaluation......Page 358
Erosion of the Preceived Utility of War......Page 359
Restricting the Number of Participants......Page 364
Homogeneus Governments and Societies......Page 365
Shifting Payoffs to Favor Cooperation and Enhance Expectations That Others Will Cooperate......Page 367
Conclusion......Page 369
Notes......Page 371
10. International Cooperation and Institutional Choice: The European Community\'s Internal Market - Geoffrey Garrett......Page 377
The Incentives to Complete the Internal Market......Page 381
Political Bargaining Over the Single European Act......Page 383
The Economic Preferences of EC Members Over the Internal Market......Page 384
Bargaining Over Institutional Reform in the SEA......Page 388
The Passage of Internal Market Directives: The Council of Ministers, The Commission, and the European Parliament......Page 391
Implementing Internal Market Directives: The European Court of Justice, Domestic Courts, and National Governments......Page 396
Conclusion......Page 402
Acknowledgments......Page 403
Notes......Page 404
11. Multilateral Organizations and the Institution of Multilateralism: The Development of Regimes for Nonterrestrial Spaces - Mark W. Zacher......Page 411
The Oceans......Page 417
Airspace and Airwaves......Page 427
Outer Space......Page 435
Conclusion......Page 439
Notes......Page 445
PART 5 - Theoretical Reprise......Page 453
12. Norms Versus Numbers: Multilateralism and the Rationalist and Reflexivist Approaches to Institutions-a Unilateral Plea for CommunicativeRationality - Friedrich Kratochwil......Page 455
Multilteralism as Critique: Anarchy, History, and Structure......Page 456
Anarchy and Its Implications......Page 457
The Problem of History......Page 461
International Structures and Their Genesis......Page 463
Normative Hierarchies......Page 469
Impact of Regimes......Page 471
Multilateralism as Heuristics: Domestic-International Linkages, Organizational Design, Collective-Action Problems and Issues of Rationality......Page 474
The Importance of Domestic-International Linkages and the Competing Principles of Differentiation......Page 475
Organizing Design and the Role of Organizations in the International System......Page 477
Solution to Collective-Action Problems and the Issue of \"Rationality\"......Page 480
Notes......Page 484
Index......Page 487
[Back Cover]......Page 492