Bronwen J Cohen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 299035 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Bronwen J Cohen |
| PRENOMES | Bronwen J |
| SOBRENOME | Cohen |
| ASSINATURA | COHEN B J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8228-1592 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 72 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 438 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 74 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1946 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 12 |
The European Central Bank in the International Political Economy
Central banks lie at the interface between domestic and international political economy. Powerful technocracies tasked with domestic and international macroeconomic governance functions are responsible for monetary policy, sometimes banking supervision, and to contribute to overall financial stability. On occasion, they supervise a variety of non-banking financial services and other functions, such as anti-money laundering. During economic and fi…
Children, childhoods and bilingualism
This special issue brings together scholars from a range of disciplines and contexts concerned with children,1 childhood and bilingualism; that is the ability to communicate in two or more languages with any degree of proficiency, from minimal to advanced (Grosjean, 2010). Language is fundamental to human culture and personhood and a key part of identity at an individual, family and community level. However, language may also be used at a nationa…
International Political Economy
Monetary Governance in a World of Regional Currencies
Chapter 3 many other countries some form of monetary alliance or subordination could turn out to be rather more appealing.Can individual state preferences be predicted?Section IV surveys the empirical record, looking at countries that have rejected regionalization as well as those that have embraced it.Comparative analysis suggests that outcomes will depend most on country size, economic linkages, political linkages, and domestic politics.The rel…
Global Monetary Order and the Liberal Order Debate
The recent “liberal international order” (LIO) debate has been vague about the institutions and issue areas that constitute the order. This is likely driven by competing views of “liberal” and, perhaps more importantly, by security scholars dominating the debate. From the perspective of scholars who explore the elements of the global monetary order (reserve currencies, international financial institutions, and central banks), the picture is diffe…
Currency Power
Monetary rivalry is a fact of life in the world economy. Intense competition between international currencies like the US dollar, Europe's euro, and the Chinese yuan is profoundly political, going to the heart of the global balance of power. But what exactly is the relationship between currency and power, and what does it portend for the geopolitical standing of the United States, Europe, and China? Popular opinion holds that the days of the doll…
The IPE of money revisited
Some two decades after an earlier review essay of mine, the time seems ripe to revisit the international political economy (IPE) of money. How has the study of money evolved in more recent years, and what is the understanding of international monetary politics today? The main message of this essay is – to be blunt – disappointment. Research has become increasingly insular and introspective, largely detached from what goes on in the real world. Tw…
Currency Power
A concluding note
The great irony of international political economy (IPE) has long been its parochialism. In principle, our field of study is meant to be international -even global -in scope. Yet, in practice, scholarship tends to be fragmented and insular. Clusters of specialists have emerged in various parts of the world who tend to converse mainly among themselves; Americans talk with other Americans, Europeans with other Europeans, and so on. Until recently, …
Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods
Journal Article Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order Get access Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order by Eric Helleiner. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2014. 320 pp. $39.95. Benjamin J. Cohen Benjamin J. Cohen University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google…
American Power after the Financial Crisis
It is always a pleasure to read something by Jonathan Kirshner. His style is lucid, informed, and replete with a wry sense of humor. Above all, he is emphatic. Not for Kirshner are the meek caveats of classical scholarship. His intention is to tell us what he really thinks, in as unvarnished a fashion as possible. The advantage of his approach lies in its bluntness: bold claims are permitted. The disadvantage is that it leaves room for lesser mor…
Why can't Europe save itself? A note on a structural failure
Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been struck by one financial crisis after another. Yes despite many bold new initiatives, instability and uncertainty persist. Why can't Europe save itself? The answer, this chapter argues, lies in a structural failure. EMU lacks a credible mechanism to cope with the threat of imbalances within the group – a framework to manage the European region's internal payments problems. The challenge was fores…
What does the international currency system really look like
There has been a lot of debate lately about the shape of the international currency system. Increasingly, we are told, the world is moving toward a multicurrency system with several poles, implying that the system is becoming more competitive. Polarity, however, is a notoriously crude measure of the level of competition in any kind of system, economic or political. If analysis is to be at all accurate, it should take into account not only the num…
The Yuan Tomorrow? Evaluating China's Currency Internationalisation Strategy
The future of the euro
After three years of recurrent crisis, what is the future of the euro? For some skeptical observers, mounting tensions in the euro zone are fast approaching a breaking point. Europe's daring monetary experiment, we are told, is doomed to end in spectacular failure. For others, by contrast, the outcome ultimately will be not less union but “more Europe” – an even tighter merger of national economic sovereignty. Tested by adversity, the euro will e…
The future of the euro
I am indebted to my friend Herman Schwartz for his piquant commentary on my thoughts about the future of the euro. His main argument, he says, is that ‘the early United States yields few useful pos
AFSCME's Philadelphia Story
Reading Francis Ryan's AFSCME’s Philadelphia Story confirms its rather lengthy subtitle. Ryan first covers the interaction between urban politics and municipal workers in the 1920s, before public-sector unionization occurred. This interaction was basically structured on ward politics and its attendant spoils system in the workplace. The author focuses on the emergence of municipal unionism and the American Federation of State, County, and Municip…
Are IPE Journals Becoming Boring
Are IPE journals becoming boring? The question is a serious one. Over the four decades or so since the modern field of International Political Economy was born, the character of what gets published in leading journals in the United States—IPE standard setters like International Organization, International Studies Quarterly , and World Politics —has changed dramatically. Arguably, the change has not been for the better. To illustrate, consider a s…
The Way Forward
Benjamin Cohen on Three Peasants on Their Way to a Meal
Striking a nerve
In this final word on the special issue on the American school of international political economy (IPE), I reflect on four questions raised by the contributing authors. First, to what extent is there a transatlantic divide in IPE? Second, what is the difference between the American and British schools of IPE? Third, what are the strengths of each school? Fourth, what can and should be done about the divide
A Grave Case of Myopia
My thanks to the editors for inviting me to participate in this research forum. I am grateful to Mark Blyth, Nita Rudra, and Catherine Weaver for valuable comments
Dollar Dominance, Euro Aspirations
After nearly a century of dominance of the international monetary system, has the US dollar finally met its match in the euro? When Europe's economic and monetary union (EMU) came into existence in 1999, many observers predicted that the euro would soon join America's greenback at the peak of global finance. Achievements, however, have fallen short of aspiration. After an initial spurt of enthusiasm, international use of the euro actually appears…
Sovereign wealth funds and national security
One of the most striking financial developments in recent years is the emergence of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)—large publicly owned investment portfolios, which are growing rapidly in both number and size. In a global environment already roiled by a prolonged credit crisis, SWFs raise tricky and potentially controversial new questions for international financial regulation. One issue of concern to many in host countries is the possibility that…
International Political Economy
Phoenix Risen
Of all the many changes of the world economy since World War II, few have been nearly so dramatic as the resurrection of global finance. A review of five recent books suggests considerable diversity of opinion concerning both the causes and the consequences of financial globalization, leaving much room for further research. Competing historical interpretations, stressing the contrasting roles of market forces and government policies, need to be r…
The political economy of international trade
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What does the international currency system really look like
There has been a lot of debate lately about the shape of the international currency system. Increasingly, we are told, the world is moving toward a multicurrency system with several poles, implying that the system is becoming more competitive. Polarity, however, is a notoriously crude measure of the level of competition in any kind of system, economic or political. If analysis is to be at all accurate, it should take into account not only the num…
A Grave Case of Myopia
My thanks to the editors for inviting me to participate in this research forum. I am grateful to Mark Blyth, Nita Rudra, and Catherine Weaver for valuable comments
Are IPE Journals Becoming Boring
Are IPE journals becoming boring? The question is a serious one. Over the four decades or so since the modern field of International Political Economy was born, the character of what gets published in leading journals in the United States—IPE standard setters like International Organization, International Studies Quarterly , and World Politics —has changed dramatically. Arguably, the change has not been for the better. To illustrate, consider a s…
The Future of Sterling as an International Currency
Journal Article Cohen (B. J.). The Future of Sterling as an International Currency Get access The Future of Sterling as an International Currency. By B.J. Cohen. (London: Macmillan, 1971. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1971. Pp. xviii + 260. £4.50.) A. D. Bain A. D. Bain University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 82, Issue 326, 1 June 1972, Pages 748–749, https://doi…
The Question of Imperialism. The Political Economy of Dominance and Dependence
The transatlantic divide
An academic field of study may be said to exist when a coherent body of knowledge is constructed to define a subject of inquiry. Recognized standards come to be employed to train and certify specialists; full-time employment opportunities become available in university teaching and research; learned societies are established to promote study and dialogue; and publishing venues become available to help disseminate new ideas and analysis. In short,…
Balance-of-payments financing
The regime for payments financing embedded in the postwar Bretton Woods system was based on the principle, formally articulated in the Charter of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that nations should be assured of an adequate but not unlimited supply of supplementary financing for balance-of-payments purposes. Norms included the obligation to avoid policies inconsistent with the IMF Charter (i.e., to play by the agreed rules of the game). In…
Organizing the World's Money. The Political Economy of International Monetary Relations
Journal Article Organizing the World's Money. The Political Economy of International Monetary Relations Get access Organizing the World's Money. The Political Economy of International Monetary Relations. By BENJAMIN J. COHEN. (London: Macmillan Press, 1978. Pp. x + 310. £10.00.) J. Keith Horsefield J. Keith Horsefield Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 8…
The Yuan Tomorrow? Evaluating China's Currency Internationalisation Strategy
Electronic money
The era of electronic money will soon be upon us. What will the advent of electronic money mean for the capacity of central banks to sustain price stability and promote growth? This article begins with a basic primer on the essential characteristics of electronic money: what it is, how it operates, and what it is likely to look like in the future. The rise of electronic money, it is clear, is no anomaly in historical terms and indeed may be regar…
The IPE of money revisited
Some two decades after an earlier review essay of mine, the time seems ripe to revisit the international political economy (IPE) of money. How has the study of money evolved in more recent years, and what is the understanding of international monetary politics today? The main message of this essay is – to be blunt – disappointment. Research has become increasingly insular and introspective, largely detached from what goes on in the real world. Tw…
The international monetary system
This article examines the dynamics of power and rule-setting in the international monetary system. It begins with a brief discussion of the meaning of power in international monetary relations, distinguishing between two critical dimensions of monetary power: autonomy and influence. Major developments have led to a greater diffusion of power in monetary affairs, both among states and between states and societal actors. But the diffusion of power …
Can the Euro Ever Challenge the Dollar
Can the euro ever challenge the dollar as an international currency? This article argues that Europe's new money is fated to remain a distant second to America's greenback, for four reasons. First is the persistent inertia of monetary behaviour, which will inhibit any rapid switch to the euro. Second is the cost of doing business in euros, which is unlikely to decline below transactions costs for the greenback. Third is an anti‐growth bias built …
Global Monetary Order and the Liberal Order Debate
The recent “liberal international order” (LIO) debate has been vague about the institutions and issue areas that constitute the order. This is likely driven by competing views of “liberal” and, perhaps more importantly, by security scholars dominating the debate. From the perspective of scholars who explore the elements of the global monetary order (reserve currencies, international financial institutions, and central banks), the picture is diffe…
Sovereign wealth funds and national security
One of the most striking financial developments in recent years is the emergence of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)—large publicly owned investment portfolios, which are growing rapidly in both number and size. In a global environment already roiled by a prolonged credit crisis, SWFs raise tricky and potentially controversial new questions for international financial regulation. One issue of concern to many in host countries is the possibility that…
In Whose Interest? International Banking and American Foreign Policy
International debt and linkage strategies
The global debt problem influences the foreign-policy capabilities of the United States through its impact on the government's “linkage strategies” in foreign affairs. In some circumstances policy makers are forced to make connections between different policy instruments or issues that might not otherwise have been felt necessary; in others, opportunities for connections are created that might not otherwise have been felt possible. The Polish deb…
The future of the euro
After three years of recurrent crisis, what is the future of the euro? For some skeptical observers, mounting tensions in the euro zone are fast approaching a breaking point. Europe's daring monetary experiment, we are told, is doomed to end in spectacular failure. For others, by contrast, the outcome ultimately will be not less union but “more Europe” – an even tighter merger of national economic sovereignty. Tested by adversity, the euro will e…
Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods
Journal Article Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order Get access Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order by Eric Helleiner. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2014. 320 pp. $39.95. Benjamin J. Cohen Benjamin J. Cohen University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google…
Why can't Europe save itself? A note on a structural failure
Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been struck by one financial crisis after another. Yes despite many bold new initiatives, instability and uncertainty persist. Why can't Europe save itself? The answer, this chapter argues, lies in a structural failure. EMU lacks a credible mechanism to cope with the threat of imbalances within the group – a framework to manage the European region's internal payments problems. The challenge was fores…
Dollar Dominance, Euro Aspirations
After nearly a century of dominance of the international monetary system, has the US dollar finally met its match in the euro? When Europe's economic and monetary union (EMU) came into existence in 1999, many observers predicted that the euro would soon join America's greenback at the peak of global finance. Achievements, however, have fallen short of aspiration. After an initial spurt of enthusiasm, international use of the euro actually appears…
Enlargement and the international role of the euro 1
How will enlargement of the European Union (EU) affect prospects for the euro as an international currency? Previously, I have argued that Europeâ s joint currency is fated to remain a distant second to Americaâ s greenback long into the foreseeable future because of three structural factors â relatively high transactions costs, due to inefficiencies in Europeâ s financial markets; a serious anti-growth bias built into the institutions of Economi…
The transatlantic divide
John Ravenhill and Richard Higgott and Matthew Watson, in commenting on my earlier article, accuse me of distortion, favoritism, and making the quality of debate of RIPE worse rather than better. Their criticisms, I suggest, reflect misunderstanding and are not supported by textual evidence
The U.N.'s Department of Public Information
Balance-of-Payments Adjustment Policies
Money International
Sterling and British Policy
International Monetary Reform
Essays in International Economics
J. Marcus Fleming, who applies economic theory to problems of international economic policy, has long advised policy makers national and international. The three pieces in Part I of his book apply the theory of the second best--a branch of welfare economics in which the author was a pioneer--to problems of trade discrimination and restriction. Part II consists of four essays on international liquidity and reflects the author's role in the inaugur…
The Future of Sterling as an International Currency
Journal Article Cohen (B. J.). The Future of Sterling as an International Currency Get access The Future of Sterling as an International Currency. By B.J. Cohen. (London: Macmillan, 1971. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1971. Pp. xviii + 260. £4.50.) A. D. Bain A. D. Bain University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 82, Issue 326, 1 June 1972, Pages 748–749, https://doi…
The Question of Imperialism
International Economic Reform
The Functions of Sterling
European Monetary Unification
The Question of Imperialism. The Political Economy of Dominance and Dependence
International Monetary Economics
The Economics of Imperialism
The Question of Imperialism
Organizing the World's Money
The Political Economy of Monetary Reform
The Origins of International Economic Disorder
Europe's Money, America's Problem
Organizing the World's Money. The Political Economy of International Monetary Relations
Journal Article Organizing the World's Money. The Political Economy of International Monetary Relations Get access Organizing the World's Money. The Political Economy of International Monetary Relations. By BENJAMIN J. COHEN. (London: Macmillan Press, 1978. Pp. x + 310. £10.00.) J. Keith Horsefield J. Keith Horsefield Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 8…
The Way the World Works
The International Monetary System and the Less Developed Countries
Banks and the Balance of Payments
International Money
Banks and the Balance of Payments
Journal Article Banks and the Balance of Payments Get access Banks and the Balance of Payments. By Benjamin J. COHEN with FABIO BASAGNI. (London: Croom Helm, 1981. Pp. xi + 241. £15.95.) David T. Llewellyn David T. Llewellyn Loughborough University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 92, Issue 366, 1 June 1982, Pages 429–431, https://doi.org/10.2307/2232463 Published: 01 June 1982
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