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Product Description: What kind of institutions matter in the context of the European Union? This book assesses the relevance of the competing institutionalist approaches to the European Union? Scholars from three different approaches--history, sociology, and rational choice--clarify the distinctions between the new institutionalist approaches and open up a dialogue between them...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: What kind of institutions matter in the context of the European Union? This book assesses the relevance of the competing institutionalist approaches to the European Union? Scholars from three different approaches--history, sociology, and rational choice--clarify the distinctions between the new institutionalist approaches and open up a dialogue between them...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economic integration hinges on democratic structures, the size of the global system, the nature of the trade goods, and a reduced influence of the military on political decisions. In sum, this book demonstrates how important the still fragile "capitalist peace" is.

Product Description: Researchers have recently reinvigorated the idea that key features associated with a capitalist organization of the economy render nation states internally and externally more peaceful. According to this adage, the contract intensity of capitalist societies and the openness of the economy are among the main attributes that drive these empirical relationships...read more