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Book SynopsisExplains foreign policy based on how states throughout the world have confronted the rapid emergence of a global economy and international institutions. This book uses a key issue - internationalization - to clarify other debates, from the notion of a democratic peace to the relevance of security dilemmas, and nationalism.
Trade Review"A penetrating and timely contribution to the literature on international and regional conflict."--Choice "[This book] bridges the divide between international political economy and security studies... A new explanation for regional conflict and cooperation... One of Solingen's main contributions is to offer a causal mechanism that can account for peace among democratic and nondemocratic dyads."--Miriam Fendius Elman, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, International Studies Review "A sophisticated theoretical interpretation of internationalism at the end of the century."--Anthony Smith, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, Contemporary Southeast Asia "A refreshing challenge to some conventional wisdoms."--Helge Hveem, University of Oslo, Australian Journal of Political Science "A bold and innovative attempt to suggest a grand theory of foreign policy and international relations."--Arie M. Kacowicz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Political Science Quarterly
Table of ContentsList of AbbreviationsPrefacePt. 1The Theory1Ch. 1Introduction3Ch. 2Internationalization and Political Coalitions18Ch. 3Coalitions, Strategic Interaction, and Regional Outcomes62Ch. 4Economic Liberalization, Coalitions, and the Democratic Peace90Pt. 2The Empirics117Ch. 5The Southern Cone: Argentina and Brazil119Ch. 6The Middle East165Ch. 7The Korean Peninsula216Pt. 3Implications255Ch. 8Theory and Policy: An Agenda257References291Index323
