International Cooperation

A number of new approaches to the subject of international cooperation were developed in the 1980s. As a result, further questions have arisen, particularly with regard to the methods and limits of cooperation and the relationship between cooperation and the debate over multilateralism. International Cooperation considers these questions, identifies further areas for research, and pushes the analysis of this fundamental concept in international relations in new directions. Its two parts address the historic roots and modern development of the notion of cooperation, and the strategies used to achieve it, with a conclusion that reaches beyond international relations into new disciplinary avenues. This edited collection incorporates historical research, social and economic analysis and political and evolutionary game theory.

Acknowledgments About the authors List of figures List of tables 1. Introduction: return to the theories of cooperation I. William Zartman and Saadia Touval Part I. Multilateral Meanings of Cooperation: 2. Debating cooperation among states: from Grotius to Adam Smith Alexis Keller 3. The two sides of multilateralism Charles Doran 4. Multilateralism and the challenges of global governance Fen Osler Hampson 5. Negotiated cooperation and its alternatives Saadia Touval Part II. Multiple Strategies of Cooperation: 6. Negotiated cooperation: synthesizing rationalist and constructivist perspectives P. Terrence Hopmann 7. Prejudice and the shadow of the past in the emergence of cooperation Allison Stanger 8. The chicken game in international bargaining Joshua Goldstein 9. Cooperation and conflict management I. William Zartman 10. Status concerns in multilateral cooperation Deborah Welch Larson and Alexei Shevchenko 11. Asymmetric cooperation on economic assistance Jean-Claude Barthélemy 12. Conclusion: improving knowledge of cooperation Saadia Touval and I. William Zartman Bibliography.