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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... decision-making that are found in larger states. By contrast, small states try to minimize the costs of conducting foreign policy by initiating more joint actions and by targeting multipleactor fora. Economic issues were relatively more ...
... decision-making rule “one state, one vote”) and of democratic representation according to the relative weight of populations (or “one man, one vote”). In an accentuated form, this problem was highlighted by the UN's “micro-state dilemma ...
... decision-making process, at least in the areas of common agricultural policy and regional policy.24 Thorhallsson's study confirms the importance of small-state corporatism, but contends that Katzenstein's concept needs to be modified to ...
... decision-making was outside the sphere of the small state, the range of action available to it was minimal if not completely nonexistent. We have already seen that in other types of situations this was not always or even usually true ...
... making the price exorbitant, distracting the demanding state by such means as reference to cheaper alternatives ... decision until its timeliness disappears4 The foregoing factors, both those subject to choice within the small state and the ...
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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 |