Reference profile · Thinker
Robert Keohane
Institutions, interdependence, and global governance
Public posture
This profile codes institutions as durable channels for cooperation and gives later work added weight on legitimacy and accountability.
Canonical institutionalist works and later governance writing in the coded source record.
Position in the field
Evidence
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Security rivalry partial
He takes anarchy and power seriously but not as the whole story.
Frames cooperation under anarchy through regimes and interdependence.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (Princeton University Press; JSTOR, 1984)
Sets the institutional research program alongside interpretive approaches.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · International Institutions: Two Approaches (International Studies Quarterly; archive PDF, 1988)
Institutions and rules strong
Institutions, expectations and rules are central to cooperation.
Frames cooperation under anarchy through regimes and interdependence.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (Princeton University Press; JSTOR, 1984)
Sets the institutional research program alongside interpretive approaches.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · International Institutions: Two Approaches (International Studies Quarterly; archive PDF, 1988)
Connects rules and expectations to cooperation under interdependence.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? (Foreign Policy; archive PDF, 1998)
Domestic politics partial
Later work gives visible weight to accountability and participation.
Adds participation, persuasion, accountability, and legitimacy to the governance account.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · Governance in a Partially Globalized World (American Political Science Review; archive PDF, 2001)
Identity and legitimacy partial
Legitimacy and beliefs matter, though not in a full constructivist way.
Sets the institutional research program alongside interpretive approaches.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · International Institutions: Two Approaches (International Studies Quarterly; archive PDF, 1988)
Adds participation, persuasion, accountability, and legitimacy to the governance account.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · Governance in a Partially Globalized World (American Political Science Review; archive PDF, 2001)
Markets and dependence strong
World political economy and regime-managed interdependence are central terrain.
Frames cooperation under anarchy through regimes and interdependence.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (Princeton University Press; JSTOR, 1984)
Connects rules and expectations to cooperation under interdependence.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? (Foreign Policy; archive PDF, 1998)
Restraint and advantage partial
He prefers negotiated cooperation but does not elevate strategic restraint as a doctrine.
Connects rules and expectations to cooperation under interdependence.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? (Foreign Policy; archive PDF, 1998)
Adds participation, persuasion, accountability, and legitimacy to the governance account.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · Governance in a Partially Globalized World (American Political Science Review; archive PDF, 2001)
Order and justice partial
He wants effective governance with legitimacy and accountability, not mere order-preservation.
Adds participation, persuasion, accountability, and legitimacy to the governance account.
Canonical work · Tier 3 · Governance in a Partially Globalized World (American Political Science Review; archive PDF, 2001)
Sources
Source ledger
- Canonical work · Tier 3After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy — Robert O. KeohanePrinceton University Press; JSTOR, 1984
- Canonical work · Tier 3International Institutions: Two Approaches — Robert O. KeohaneInternational Studies Quarterly; archive PDF, 1988
- Canonical work · Tier 3International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? — Robert O. KeohaneForeign Policy; archive PDF, 1998
- Canonical work · Tier 3Governance in a Partially Globalized World — Robert O. KeohaneAmerican Political Science Review; archive PDF, 2001
Disputed readings
- Early work can be read as relatively thin and state-centric.
- Later governance work broadens the role of legitimacy and belief.
Revisions
- v112 Jul 2026Created as a non-public research draft.
- v213 Jul 2026Published after second-person evidence review against the approved source pack.
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