Reasons of state

Cornell University Press

1988

xii, 213 p.

Cornell studies in political economy

Includes bibliographical references and index

9780801494888

Contents Preface IX 1. The Oil Shocks and State Responses 1 2. Explaining Energy Adjustment Policy 21 3. The American State and Energy Policies 48 4. The Limits of International Cooperation 80 5. The Limits of State Building 104 6. The Limits of Technology and Spending 138 7. The Market as State Strategy 165 8. Reasons of State 191 Index 209

In this lucid and theoretically sophisticated book, G. John Ikenberry focuses on the oil price shocks of 1973–74 and 1979, which placed extraordinary new burdens on governments worldwide and particularly on that of the United States. Reasons of State examines the response of the United States to these and other challenges and identifies both the capacities of the American state to deal with rapid international political and economic change and the limitations that constrain national policy.

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