International cooperation when mistrust deepens : Britain and the first international regulatory regime / Perri 6 and Eva Heims.
| Author/creator | 6, Perri, 1960- author. |
| Other author | Heims, Eva, 1987- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xi, 288 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1 Introduction: deepening cooperation, deepening mistrust -- 2 A neo-Durkheimian institutional theory of buffering -- 3 From fragmentation to negotiation, 1851-1875 -- 4 The zenith of negotiation, 1875-1898 -- 5 The emergence of parallel integration, 1898-1911 -- 6 The zenith of parallel integration, 1903-1914 -- 7 Difficult transition to parallel integration: radiotelegraphy -- 8 Comparing the explanatory power of alternative theories -- 9 The neo-Durkheimian institutional explanation. |
| Abstract | "Why do states commit so resiliently to cooperating in multilateral regimes with other states, even while mistrust deepens and even while they may be preparing for war with those states? This puzzle is as urgent today, as international organizations struggle amid resurgent tensions among great powers, as it has been since international regulatory regimes first emerged. This book presents a novel explanation which draws upon neo-Durkheimian institutional theory. It shows that specific forms of social organization in government can cultivate particular types of institutional buffering between aspects of external policy which can sustain commitment despite deepening conflict. To study the puzzle over a long period, and in a case when there was no long-established practice of cooperation in global bodies during rising tensions, this study examines Britain's relations with the first global regulatory regime, which was for international telegraphy, submarine telegraph cables, and radiotelegraphy from the 1860s to the outbreak of war in 1914. The regime was created in a period of European wars, yet cooperation, not least between Britain and Germany, deepened in telegraphy even as the Great War neared. Despite growing imperial conflicts and despite seriously contemplating leaving the International Telegraph Union in 1901-1902, Britain became ever more closely involved with the three limbs of the regime. Drawing on extensive archival sources, the study shows that the neo-Durkheimian approach can provide a more satisfying and powerful explanation for deepening cooperation even as mistrust rises than many better-known theories, and that it has significant implications for understanding state formation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9780198882428 |
| ISBN | 0198882424 hardcover |
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