Small States in International RelationsChristine Ingebritsen, Iver Neumann, Sieglinde Gstöhl University of Washington Press, 1 сент. 2012 г. - Всего страниц: 342 Smaller nations have a special place in the international system, with a striking capacity to defy the expectations of most observers and many prominent theories of international relations. This volume of classic essays highlights the ability of small states to counter power with superior commitment, to rely on tightly knit domestic institutions with a shared "ideology of social partnership," and to set agendas as "norm entrepreneurs." The volume is organized around themes such as how and why small states defy expectations of realist approaches to the study of power; the agenda-setting capacity of smaller powers in international society and in regional governance structures such as the European Union; and how small states and representatives from these societies play the role of norm entrepreneurs in world politics -- from the promotion of sustainable solutions to innovative humanitarian programs and policies.. |
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... Switzerland during the Cold War; in their various ways, they did not maintain what larger states saw as a minimum presence; their reasons had to do with things other than a lack of resources, and so their standing as a small state was ...
... Switzerland in the financial services sector or of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the oil sector). These are interesting ways of bracketing the issue under discussion here, which is what it entails for a state to think of itself as, and be ...
... Switzerland, Ireland, and Portugal all avoided being drawn into the Second World War, while other small states such as Denmark, Norway, Finland, and the Benelux countries failed to avoid the hostilities. Baker Fox examines in more ...
... Switzerland to the diplomatic dialogue. The contribution of the Netherlands to the development of international law is also impressive. Some states are more acceptable than others when it comes to making up a peacekeeping force. ... The ...
... Switzerland. Being exposed to the pressures of a liberal international economy over which they cannot exert any influence, these small states have successfully adapted by relying on diaerent variants of democratic corporatism. Whereas ...
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Refining the Small State Debate | 147 |
Small State Capacity in International Relations | 229 |
Learning from Lilliput | 286 |
Annotated Bibliography | 293 |
Contributors | 319 |
Index | 321 |