Currency and Coercion
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 17, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780691016269
Subjects: International economics; Monetary economics; Political economy; Politics / Current Events; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Money & Monetary Policy; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business & Economics-Money & Monetary Policy; Economics; Monetary policy; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science-Public Policy - Economic Policy
Description: Jonathan Kirshner here examines how states can - and have - used international currency relationships and arrangements as instruments of coercive power for the advancement of state security.

Kirshner thus succeeds in developing a general framework for the analysis of an important yet neglected form of state power that is likely to be of increasing importance in the post-Cold War era. Although some distinguished scholars have touched on the issue of monetary power, there has been until now no standard text on the subject.

Integrating security studies and international political economy, this book is a timely political economy, this book is a timely synthesis that will be important to the entire discipline of international relations.