Leading questions
Subtitle: how hegemony affects the international political economy
By: Robert Pahre.
Series: Michigan studies in international political economy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Economic history; International economic relations.
Description: "In Leading Questions, Robert Pahre develops a series of formal models to determine under what conditions leadership will be beneficial or harmful for the international political economy."--BOOK JACKET.

"Pahre's findings challenge conventional wisdom on international leadership. He finds that a leading state harms others when it has many allies, but strengthens the international political economy when it lacks allies. Moreover, though leaders are less likely to engage in international cooperation than are other states, having a leader in the system makes cooperation among follower states more likely.

Conversely, cooperation by others may cause a leading state to join a system of multilateral cooperation."--BOOK JACKET. "By challenging the conventional interpretations of political economy in several historical periods, Leading Questions will be of interest not only to political scientists but also to economists and historians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.