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Trust in International Cooperation

International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism

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ID23150669
AuthorsBrian C Rathbun (0000-0002-3270-9781, University of Southern California, corresponding author)
Year2011
Publication date2011-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byTrust in International Cooperation: International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism, James Whibley, 2013
VenueTrust in International Cooperation (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139044219
OpenAlexW4237681499
Open LibraryOL34479701M
ISBN9781139044219
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited169

Trust in International Cooperation challenges conventional wisdoms concerning the part which trust plays in international cooperation and the origins of American multilateralism. Brian C. Rathbun questions rational institutionalist arguments, demonstrating that trust precedes rather than follows the creation of international organizations. Drawing on social psychology, he shows that individuals placed in the same structural circumstances show markedly different propensities to cooperate based on their beliefs about the trustworthiness of others. Linking this finding to political psychology, Rathbun explains why liberals generally pursue a more multilateral foreign policy than conservatives, evident in the Democratic Party's greater support for a genuinely multilateral League of Nations, United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Rathbun argues that the post-World War Two bipartisan consensus on multilateralism is a myth, and differences between the parties are growing continually starker.

Collective security · International relations · League · Multilateralism · Mythology · North Atlantic Treaty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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