Presenttion about robert keohane

2.  Born (1941) and raised in Chicago.
 Both parents were social scientists.
 Father was a professor and politician.
 Mother was the leader of the League of
Women Voters.
 Left a social democrat impression on him.
 Graduated in 1961
 Kennedy innagutarion speech ⇨ democracy ⇨
look for better alternatives to communism.

3.  «I don’t think we can seek predictions» ⇨
«You have to looks for the understanding of
the underlying dynamics»
 «You have to like attacking conventional
wisdom [Realism]»
 1970’s ⇨ Institutional cooperation
 Institutions increase credibility, reduce
uncertainty and reduce costs.

4.  After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the
World Political Economy (1984)
 Neoliberal institutionalism
 Ideas and Foreign Policy (1993)
 Connections among interests, ideas and
institutions
 Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized
World (2002)
 Political theory

5.  Theory Talks. Theory Talk #9: Robert Keohane.
Retrieved from http://www.theory-talks.
org/2008/05/theory-talk-9.html
 Duke, J. Conversations with History. Retrieved
from
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Keohan
e/keohane-con1.html/2008/05/theory-talk-9.html