Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy

Argues the state and not markets should be the center of analysis when attempting to explain international cooperation. Challenging the standard liberal explanations for international cooperation in the field of international relations, this book contends that despite numerous efforts and the passage of time, our understanding of the cooperative phenomenon remains woefully inadequate. Sterling-Folker argues that widespread explanatory reliance on what constitutes functionally efficient choices i