US hegemony and international organizations : the United States and multilateral institutions

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction PERSPECTIVES ON THE US AND MIOS 2. American exceptionalism and international organization: Lessons from the 1990s 3. State power and the institutional bargain: America's ambivalent economic and security multilateralism THE US AND GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS 4. US-UN relations through the prism of the UN Security Council in the post-Cold War era 5. The United States and the international financial institutions: power and influence within the World Bank and the IMF 6. The United States and the GATT/WTO system 7. Looking beyond the 'K-word': Embedded multilateralism in US foreign environmental policy THE US AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 8. Making Africa safer for capitalism: US policy and multilateralism in Africa 9. US approaches to multilateral security and economic organizations in the Asia-Pacific 10. Trouble in Pax Atlantica? The United States, Europe and the future of multilateralism 11. Power multiplied or power restrained? The US and multilateral institutions in the Americas 12. Conclusion - Instrumental Multilateralism in US Foreign Policy Select bibliography