The Rational Design of International Institutions

Author/creator Koremenos, Barbara Editor
Other author Lipson, Charles Editor
Other author Snidal, Duncan Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press
Description364 p. ill 22.800 x 015.200 cm.
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SeriesInternational Organization Ser.
Summary Annotation International institutions vary widely in terms of key institutional features such as membership, scope, and flexibility. Barbara Koremenos, Charles Lipson, and Duncan Snidal argue that this is so because international actors are goal-seeking agents who make specific institutional design choices to solve the particular cooperation problems they face in different issue-areas. Using a Rational Design approach, they explore five important features of institutions--membership, scope, centralization, control, and flexibility--and explain their variation in terms of four independent variables that characterize different cooperation problems: distribution, number of actors, enforcement, and uncertainty. The contributors to the volume then evaluate a set of conjectures in specific issue areas. (This book is Volume 55, part 4 of International Organization.)
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LCCN 2003060699
ISBN9780521533584
ISBN0521533589 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780521533584
Stock number00004933

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