Liberal Leviathan by G John Ikenberry
Argues that the crisis that besets the American-led order is a crisis of authority. This title provides theory and practice of the liberal international order, and a message for policymakers, scholars, and general readers about why America must renegotiate its relationship with the rest of the world.
[A]mbitious and thought-provoking-- Gideon Rachman Financial Times International orders guide how major powers interact with one another and with less powerful states: how they cooperate and compete in trade and security and when and why they respect one another's sovereignty. Ikenberry's important book tackles this complex subject, giving readers a deep understanding of the factors that determine the type of international order... Liberal Leviathan is a valuable guide to understanding the factors that will determine its eventual shape. Foreign Affairs Liberal Leviathan is a brilliant inquisition into the nature of international order, politics of unipolarity, and substance of United States foreign policy... Drawing equally on international relations theory, history, and political theory, Liberal Leviathan offers a probing analysis into the challenges to the current U.S.-led international order and its likely future. -- David A. Lake Global Governance This is a valuable work of international relations theory. Choice Liberal Leviathan is a great review of the state of the art of broad and narrow Realist and liberal theories being discussed in American academia. -- Cesar de Prado International Affairs His book lucidly explains how the end of the Cold War allowed the U.S.-dominated Western system to expand to the rest of the world. Ikenberry's account has an intuitive appeal. There's always more than enough chaos to argue that the world is in crisis ... he writes thoughtfully about the challenge of integrating rising powers into global governance... As a clear and informed synthesis of the existing scholarship on global governance, this book is a success. -- David Bosco American Prospect Ikenberry's book is a cogently developed argument that builds upon his previous writings and will be a point of reference for the 'international liberal' literature. -- Jakub J. Grygiel Claremont Review of Books [T]he sheer breadth of the work, the clarity of the presentation ... and the synthesis of an extraordinary amount of theoretical and historical literature will make the volume an important resource for students and scholars for a very long time. -- James M. McCormick Perspectives on Politics Ikenberry impresses with his range of concerns, by his drive to formulate clear and parsimonious propositions about interstate relations, and by the pains he takes to express himself with clarity and precision. He announces his lines of argument, develops them, repeats them, and for good measure cross references them. -- Michael H. Hunt Political Science Quarterly
G. John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. His books include "After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars" (Princeton).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691125589 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691125589 |
| Title | Liberal Leviathan |
| Author | G John Ikenberry |
| Series | Princeton Studies In International History And Politics |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2011-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2011 |
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