Federations : : The Political Dynamics of Cooperation / / Chad Rector.
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...
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Rector, Chad, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Federations : The Political Dynamics of Cooperation / Chad Rector. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2010] ©2011 1 online resource (224 p.) : 4 charts/graphs, 1 map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 postindependence unions in East Africa and the Caribbean. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Confederation of states. Federal government. International cooperation. International relations. Legal History & Studies. Political Science & Political History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801447365 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801459177 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801459177 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801459177/original |
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