America's global advantage : US hegemony and international cooperation / Carla Norrlof
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010
Descript
xv, 286 p.: ill ; 23 cm
CONTENT
The forms and consequences of hegemonic leadership : The forms of hegemonic leadership ; The consequences of American hegemony ; The evolution of the united states -- Cooperation under hegemony : The emergence of international institutions and the neorealist challenge ; Size matters ; The public goods assumption -- International trade cooperation : Trade theories ; What ‘good’ is free trade? ; The significance of trade deficits -- Interactive effects between monetary and commercial power : How monetary privilege facilitates commercial expansion ; How commercial strength reinforces monetary privilege --The security card : The security-dollar nexus ; The asymmetry in risk premiums ; Defense commitments and humanitarian interventions -- Credible threats and regional competition : Geographically coherent regionalism in east Asia ; Euro power