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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... list them simply as “capabilities,” “institutions,” and “relations.” capabilities The basic way in which smallness has ... alliance against the other great power in the system—Sparta—failed, and the prospect thereby opened up that Melos ...
... Alliances” (1994) compares the predictions of realism and of learning theory about the alliance choices of small states in the twentieth century. His evidence shows that learning is the dominant explanation, while variations in the ...
... alliance membership, but replace a failed policy by a new choice. Such a simple alternative is not available to great powers, which are not only concerned with direct threats to their own security, but with broader national interests ...
... choice within the small state and the others, were particularly useful in making it possible for the small state to ... alliance in only one of the cases studied; yet under particular circumstances such an alignment could have been more ...
... alliance,' going beyond the hard core of an explicit, contractual pledge of military assistance” (p. 3). Despite his ... list functions of alliances, agree on three: aggregation of power, interallied control or restraint of allies, and ...
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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 |