Essential readings on international politics 6

Up to now, the essential readings series has been presenting mainly realist or classical books on international politics. But "what about the liberal view of the world?"... you might say. So, as a proper realist, I decided to bring some balance by posting a list of the major works whithin the liberal branch of international relations.


(In a future post, I will be posting the main criticisms to both of these schools. So, stay tuned!)

Here we go:


After Hegemony. Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy, by Robert O. Keohane (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984).
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Grasping the Democratic Peace, by Bruce Russett (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994).
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The Evolution of Cooperation, by Robert Axelrod (Basic Books, 1985).
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After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars, by G. John Ikenberry (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000).
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Power in the Global Information Age. From Realism to Globalization, by Joseph S. Nye Jr. (Routledge, 2004).
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Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World, by Robert O. Keohane (Routledge, 2002).
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Democratic Commitments. Legislatures and International Cooperation, by Lisa L. Martin
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Internationalization and Domestic Politics, edited by Helen V. Milner & Robert O. Keohane (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996).
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Legalization and World Politics ('International Organization' Special Issues), edited by Judith L. Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert O. Keohane, Anne-Marie Slaughter (MIT Press, 2001).
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Liberalism and the Limits of Power, by Juliet A. Williams (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).
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The Real World Order: Zones of Peace, Zones of Turmoil,  by Max Singer & Aaron Wildavsky (Chatham House Pub, 1996).
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