Post-Socialist World Orders

Post-Socialist World Orders presents a study of Soviet/Russian Federation and Chinese policies in selected UN institutions from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. The analysis is set in the context of research in international political economy: Part I focuses on Russia and comprises chapters on foreign policy, relations with international financial institutions, technical agencies, and approaches to peace and security issues. Part II deals with China's foreign policy and economic modernization, and examines policies in the same set of institutions.

Autorentext

Robert Boardman

Zusammenfassung
The analysis is set in the context of research in international political economy: Part I focuses on Russia and comprises chapters on foreign policy, relations with international financial institutions, technical agencies, and approaches to peace and security issues.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: Political Economy and Institutional Order - PART 1: RUSSIA - Historical Ironies: the Gorbachev Moment and the (Re)emergence of Russia - Bretton Woods and After: Flirtations with Capitalism - Interesting Diversions: the Politics of the Non-Political Socialist Theory meets Functionalist Practice - Beyond Common Security: Russia, the UN and Conflict Resolution - PART II: CHINA - From Periphery to Pole: China and Multilateralism - Understanding the Times: the UN System in a Complex World - PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS - The UN System and World Order - Notes