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Federations [[electronic resource] ] : the political dynamics of cooperation / / Chad Rector



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Autore: Rector Chad Visualizza persona
Titolo: Federations [[electronic resource] ] : the political dynamics of cooperation / / Chad Rector Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
Disciplina: 320.4/049
Soggetto topico: Confederation of states
Federal government
International cooperation
International relations
Classificazione: 89.39
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Cooperation and Commitment -- 2. Contrived Symmetry through International and Federal Institutions -- 3. Australia's Experiments with International Organization and Federation -- 4. Political Identity in Australia and New Zealand -- 5. Coercion and Union in Argentina and Germany -- 6. The Unraveling of East Africa and the Caribbean -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Why would states ever give up their independence to join federations? While federation can provide more wealth or security than self-sufficiency, states can in principle get those benefits more easily by cooperating through international organizations such as alliances or customs unions. Chad Rector develops a new theory that states federate when their leaders expect benefits from closer military or economic cooperation but also expect that cooperation via an international organization would put some of the states in a vulnerable position, open to extortion from their erstwhile partners. The potentially vulnerable states hold out, refusing to join alliances or customs unions, and only agreeing to military and economic cooperation under a federal constitution. Rector examines several historical cases: the making of a federal Australia and the eventual exclusion of New Zealand from the union, the decisions made within Buenos Aires and Prussia to build Argentina and Germany largely through federal contracts rather than conquests, and the failures of post-independence unions in East Africa and the Caribbean.
Titolo autorizzato: Federations  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8014-7524-4
0-8014-5917-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789616303321
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