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Reasons of State: Oil Politics and the Capacities of American Government

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G. John Ikenberry
2018
Published by: Cornell University Press
Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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In this lucid and theoretically sophisticated book, G. John Ikenberry focuses on the oil price shocks of 1973–74 and 1979, which placed extraordinary new burdens on governments worldwide and particularly on that of the United States. Reasons of State examines the response of the United States to these and other challenges and identifies both the capacities of the American state to deal with rapid international political and economic change and the limitations that constrain national policy.

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Cover

Series Info, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Preface

pp. ix-xiv

1. The Oil Shocks and State Responses

pp. 1-20

2. Explaining Energy Adjustment Policy

pp. 21-47

3. The American State and Energy Policies

pp. 48-79

4. The Limits of International Cooperation

pp. 80-103

5. The Limits of State Building

pp. 104-137

6. The Limits of Technology and Spending

pp. 138-164

7. The Market as State Strategy

pp. 165-190

8. Reasons of State

pp. 191-208

Index

pp. 209-214

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