Trust in International Cooperation

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Trust in International Cooperation

International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism

Brian C. Rathbun

Résumé

Trust in International Cooperation challenges conventional wisdoms concerning the part which trust plays in international cooperation and the origins of American multilateralism. Rathbun questions rational institutionalist arguments, demonstrating that trust precedes rather than follows the creation of international organizations. Drawing on social psychology, he shows that individuals placed in the same structural circumstances show markedly different propensities to cooperate based on their beliefs about the trustworthiness of others. Linking this finding to political psychology, Rathbun explains why liberals generally pursue a more multilateral foreign policy than conservatives, evident in the Democratic Party's greater support for a genuinely multilateral League of Nations, United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Rathbun argues that the post-Second World War bipartisan consensus on multilateralism is a myth, and differences between the parties are growing continually starker.

Détails de l'édition

ISBN-13
9781107603769
ISBN-10
1107603765
EAN
9781107603769
Éditeur
Cambridge university press (Cambridge)
Date de publication
1 décembre 2011
Langue
en
Pages
274
Dimensions
23 cm
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