Preface and Acknowledgments Glossary of Abbreviations 1. Explaining International Cooperation The "New" International Organization Prior Periods of Liberal Cogency Contructivism in an Era of Liberal Cogency A Second Look at Interdependence and Regimes as Explanations for Cooperation A Realist-Constructivist Alternative Overview for the Book 2. Liberal Cooperation Theory Defining Interdependence Autonomy and Sovereignty in Interdependence Interdependence and Cooperation According to Issue Areas Complex Interdependence: Issue Areas of Mutual Gain in Conditions of Interdependence Domestic Structual and Cognitive Barriers to Cooperation Changing Cognitive Maps: Learning, Information, Linkages, and Regimes Interdependence as Process and By Way of Conclusion 3. A Realist-Constructivist Alternative The "Conventional Wisdom" Revisiting the Concept of Anarchy Human Social Practice in an Anarchic Environment The Foundation for a Neoclassical Realist Approach to Autonomy and Cooperation Autonomy as a Social Practice The Realist-Constructivist Approach to International Cooperation 4. Empirical Propositions and the Bretton Woods Monetary Regime Monetary Elite Networks and Opportunities in the American Context Operationalizing Liberal Expectations: A First Cut Post-Bretton Woods as Regime Creation and Policy Optimizing Defining Functional Institutional Efficiency in International Monetary Affairs Post-Bretton Woods as Regimes Maintenance and Satisficing Stabilization Operationalizing Realist-Constructivist Expectations Research Design Summary 5. U.S. International Monetary Cooperation, 1971-1993 "The Dollar May be Our Currency But It's Your Problem" "In a Boat With an Elephant" "The Magic of the Marketplace" "Cowboys at the Hotel" "Remember, It Was Only Dinner Conversation" "Once in a While I Think about those Things, But Not Much" 6.

Why Liberal Theories Fail to Account for the Empirical Record Revelations from the Empirical Record Economic Policymakers in History The Shift From Regime Creation to Regime Maintenance Interdependent Demand and Functionally Efficient Supply 7. Explaining U.S. International Monetary Cooperation with Realist-Constructivism Returning to the Hotel Why Toast the God of Cooperation Post-Plaza Polite "Dinner Conversation" Directions for Future Research Cooperation and the Possbility of Fundamental Systemic Change Notes Bibliography Index.