Leading Questions: How Hegemony Affects The International Political Economy (michigan Studies In International Political Economy)
by Robert David Pahre /
1999 / English / PDF
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Leadership has long been an important subject in the study of
international economic relations. Many scholars give American
leadership credit for strong economic growth in western Europe
and Japan after World War II. Other scholars have accused leading
nations of using their power to the detriment of foreign
countries. For example, it is often argued that a failure of both
British and American leadership was a cause of the Great
Depression of the 1930s.
Leadership has long been an important subject in the study of
international economic relations. Many scholars give American
leadership credit for strong economic growth in western Europe
and Japan after World War II. Other scholars have accused leading
nations of using their power to the detriment of foreign
countries. For example, it is often argued that a failure of both
British and American leadership was a cause of the Great
Depression of the 1930s.
In
InLeading Questions
Leading Questions, Robert Pahre develops a series of
formal models to determine under what conditions leadership will
be beneficial or harmful for the international political economy.
He begins with a simple model of collective action and then adds
leadership, security concerns, cooperation, and multilateral
regimes to this basic model. He tests each model against a
different historical period between 1815 and 1967.
, Robert Pahre develops a series of
formal models to determine under what conditions leadership will
be beneficial or harmful for the international political economy.
He begins with a simple model of collective action and then adds
leadership, security concerns, cooperation, and multilateral
regimes to this basic model. He tests each model against a
different historical period between 1815 and 1967.
Pahre's findings challenge conventional wisdom on international
leadership. He finds that a leading state harms others when it
has many allies but is good for the international political
economy when it lacks allies. Leaders are less likely to engage
in international cooperation than are other states, but having a
leader in the system makes cooperation among follower states more
likely. Cooperation by others may cause the leader to join a
system of multilateral cooperation.
Pahre's findings challenge conventional wisdom on international
leadership. He finds that a leading state harms others when it
has many allies but is good for the international political
economy when it lacks allies. Leaders are less likely to engage
in international cooperation than are other states, but having a
leader in the system makes cooperation among follower states more
likely. Cooperation by others may cause the leader to join a
system of multilateral cooperation.
Pahre presents the technical material in an accessible style. By
challenging the conventional interpretations of political economy
in several historical periods,
Pahre presents the technical material in an accessible style. By
challenging the conventional interpretations of political economy
in several historical periods,Leading Questions
Leading Questions will be
of interest not only to political scientists but also to
economists and historians.
will be
of interest not only to political scientists but also to
economists and historians.
Robert Pahre is Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Robert Pahre is Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.