Institutions and change

New Thinking in International Relations Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 229-265

  Weber, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429498688     Document Type: Chapter

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29. Keohane, After Hegemony
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