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[...]... contrast the comparative roles of capabilities and motivations in theconstructionof forms ofinternationaleconomicleadership 14 SocialConstructionandtheLogicofMoneyThe conclusion summarizes and aggregates the findings ofthe case studies, and puts these in the perspective ofthe framework presented in Chapter 2 It also addresses the broader applicability ofthe methodology used here It then... ofthe role of ideology in leadershipThe second case, Great Britain from the middle ofthe nineteenth century to the eve of World War One, is often seen as the classic example ofinternationaleconomic leadership; no historical study ofFinancialPredominanceandInternationalEconomicLeadership 13 the phenomenon would be complete without it But historical studies of British economicleadership often... expense ofthe good ofthe system as a whole, and no one acts in the interests ofthe system In other words, there was no effective internationaleconomic leader; this case allows us to study the failure of leadership, as well as its success Finally, the fourth case looks at theleadership role ofthe United States in the creation and management oftheinternationaleconomic system that came out of World... economy These cases are the role of Dutch leadership in theinternational political economy ofthe seventeenth century, the role of British leadership in the nineteenth, the failure ofleadership in the period between the two world wars ofthe twentieth century, andthe role of American leadership in the reconstruction of an international political economy following World War Two Taken as a set, these... ConstructionandtheLogicofMoney 27 country in the system The third step is again constructivist, in which one gets at the content ofleadership policies by looking at thesocial structures underlying the making ofleadership policies domestically, and followership policies internationally FINANCIALPREDOMINANCEFinancialpredominance describes the middle step, the specific logicofinternationaleconomic and. .. politics and economics, andthe norms and practices oftheinternational system for which the foreign economic policy is being made 12 SocialConstructionandtheLogicofMoneyTHE CASE STUDIES Chapter 2 discusses the arguments made to this point in more detail The following four chapters look at four historical cases, ordered chronologically and covering the majority ofthe past four centuries of international. .. 20 SocialConstructionandtheLogicofMoney lending or investment Finally, in the long term a leader can ensure liquidity internationally by maintaining a core and open market to international trade, and by encouraging others to do the same, thus sustaining demand and encouraging the expansion oftheinternational economy The third function ofleadership is the definition and protection of a set of. .. economy is a social construct, and is thus historically specific To understand the content of a particular episode ofinternationaleconomic leadership, we must examine the particular socialconstructionof that episode in its own historical context The contention of this book is that a full study ofinternationaleconomicleadership must encompass both the natural logicof economics andthesocial construction. .. economicleadershipandthe normative structure oftheinternational political economy suggests the time may well be right for the architecture to be reconstructed regionally, rather than globally 2 SocialConstructionandtheLogicofMoney There are two key arguments in this book The first is that the study ofinternationaleconomicand monetary leadership is best approached using a combination of. .. patterns ofleadership or hegemony in international politics How does one center ofeconomic decision-making come to be the source of this particular kind of leadership? What forms can this leadership take, and what is the relationship on the one hand between domestic politics and national interest in these leaders, and on the other hand between the expressed national interest andthe structure and norms of . CONSTRUCTION AND THE LOGIC OF MONEY FINANCIAL PREDOMINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP J. Samuel Barkin State University of New York Press Published by S TAT E UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, . into the form of leadership chosen is the relative 6 Social Construction and the Logic of Money domestic political strength of those who benefit from leadership, and the policy demands of other. leaders, and on the other hand between the expressed national interest and the structure and norms of the international economic system that the leader builds around it? The purpose of this book