Currency and Coercion : : The Political Economy of International Monetary Power / / Jonathan Kirshner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Kirshner, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.) :; 11 figs. 11 tables

Jonathan Kirshner here examines how states can and have used international currency relationships and arrangements as instruments of coercive power for the advancement of state security. Kirshner lays the groundwork for the study of what he calls monetary power by providing a taxonomy of the forms that such power can take and of the conditions under which it can have effect. He then establishes the actual existence of monetary power by showing how the taxonomy is supported by the historical record, including cases from nations from all over the globe and throughout the twentieth century. He uncovers how monetary power is affected by different monetary regimes, the sources of its success and failure, and the factors that lead states to turn to its use. Kirshner thus succeeds in developing a generalized framework for the analysis of an important yet neglected form of state power that is likely to be of increasing importance in the post-Cold War era. Although some distinguished scholars have touched on the issue of monetary power, there has been until now no standard text on the subject. Integrating security studies and international political economy, this book is a timely synthesis that will be important to the entire discipline of international relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: The Theory Of Monetary Power -- 1. The Nature of Monetary Power -- 2. The Viability of Monetary Power -- Part II: The Practice Of Monetary Power -- 3. Currency Manipulation -- 4. Monetary Dependence -- 5. Systemic Disruption -- Part III: The Potential Of Monetary Power -- 6. The Opportunity for Monetary Power -- 7. Monetary Power and International Relations -- Index