Neoliberal institutionalism
•1975 Keohane and Nye-power
and interdependence
•1984-Keohane After Hegemony
State cooperation
• Harmonization of actions among states
• Aim is to reach mutually beneficial
outcomes
• Cooperation through institutions
• Overall aim is to manage anarchy by
reducing uncertainty by generating
information
Anarchy
• Key assumption in neoliberalism as well
• Yet, it can be managed by institutions
rather than only by balance of power
• This constitutes a key difference from
neorealism
• Both neorealism and neoliberalism- see
anarchy as given
2nd versus 3rd image
• 2nd image-state level theories- all theories
that look at domestic level attributes
• 3rd image- systemic factors- neorealism
and neoliberalism are both systemic
• Their main unit of analysis are different
Functionalism
• 1943 David Mitrany-A working peace
system
• Territory and authority linkage is cause of
war
• Aim is to divorce these two and create a
linkage between function and authority
International cooperation
• Functionalism-theory of international
cooperation
• Aim is to prevent another European war
• Neofunctionalism-Haas- 1957, theory to
understand precisely the European
integration process
• Both explain integration- could be seen as
an alternative to power politics