This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a wor

A new theoretical framework for understanding how social, economic, and political conflicts influence international institutions and their place in the global o

A new theory of market power politics that explains when and why states will delay cooperation or even fight wars in pursuit of this elusive goal. How are the I

The essays in this book trace the development of the author's thinking about international institutions between 1980 and 1988. The introduction, written especia

This edited volume examines power in its different dimensions in global governance. Scholars tend to underestimate the importance of power in international rela