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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... argue that the question of smallness and greatness was not necessarily all that useful on the aggregate level of the states system where we have usually studied it, but that it should rather be treated as a question of clout within what ...
... argue that they have achieved “greatness” in some other regard than in terms of systems-wide presence), and micro-states (who cannot participate fully in the institutions of that system due to a lack of administrative resources). The ...
... argues that success depended on convincing the power pressing a small state that its neutrality was advantageous to ... arguing), hence taking into account both external and internal factors. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the ...
... argues that this virtual stagnation was due to the fact that those theoretical approaches were middle-range theories bound in time and (European) context. Research on small states simply neglected the changing international environment ...
... argues that these countries—many of them small—have in response to their domestic and international structural weaknesses sought to alter international regimes to gain some control. They have been able to do so because the dependency ...
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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 |