{"product_id":"building-trust-aaron-m-hoffman-9780791466360","title":"Building Trust: Overcoming Suspicion in International Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges conventional assumptions about how international rivals form trusting relationships.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is trust built in international politics? In this book, Aaron M. Hoffman argues that conventional arguments fail to account for two factors governments fear and wish to protect themselves from: domination by outside parties and political competition from internal parties. He argues that trusting relationships emerge in response to agreements that insulate governments from these worst-case scenarios by guaranteeing them voice in collective decisions and offering them concessions designed to mollify potential internal opposition. Using case studies that explore the formation of the United States, the development of the European Community, and negotiations over water resources in the Middle East, Hoffman shows that trusting relationships can only be built with the development of institutional mechanisms designed to reduce the consequences of betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron M. Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791466361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791466360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.49d","brand":"Aaron M. Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438009331967,"sku":"9780791466360","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12ee96fe-e1f3-4318-b34b-93ad5c3b2525.jpg?v=1777168181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-trust-aaron-m-hoffman-9780791466360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}