03347nam 2200661Ia 450 991081904230332120200520144314.00-7914-8755-51-4175-1929-0(CKB)111090425035540(OCoLC)61367635(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587310(SSID)ssj0000247369(PQKBManifestationID)11218823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247369(PQKBWorkID)10194773(PQKB)10256278(MiAaPQ)EBC3408111(OCoLC)55676309(MdBmJHUP)muse5948(Au-PeEL)EBL3408111(CaPaEBR)ebr10587310(DE-B1597)682148(DE-B1597)9780791487556(EXLCZ)9911109042503554020020221d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSocial construction and the logic of money financial predominance and international economic leadership /J. Samuel Barkin1st ed.Albany, NY State University of New York Pressc c20031 online resource (258 p.) SUNY series in global politicsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5581-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.Financial predominance and international economic leadership -- Social construction and the logic of money -- The seventeenth century and Dutch leadership -- The nineteenth century and British leadership -- The interwar period and the great depression -- The postwar period : American leadership? -- Conclusions and implications.While other studies of international leadership have looked at a variety of measures to predict behavior, this book demonstrates that the key factor is international finance. J. Samuel Barkin uses an innovative blend of rationalist and constructivist methodologies, approaches to international political economy that normally exist in isolation from one another. Barkin argues that the level of a country's involvement in international finance specifically motivates it to lead. This is particularly relevant today, given the on-going discussions on how to respond to local and global financial crises. Barkin illustrates his theory with an episodic history of international monetary leadership over the last four centuries: Dutch leadership in the seventeenth century; British leadership in the nineteenth; the failure of leadership in the interwar era and Great Depression; and the role of the U.S. in the construction of an international economic infrastructure since World War II.FinanceHistoryInternational economic relationsHistoryMoneyHistoryLeadershipHistoryFinanceHistory.International economic relationsHistory.MoneyHistory.LeadershipHistory.332/.042Barkin J. Samuel1965-604718MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819042303321Social construction and the logic of money3961745UNINA