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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... Great Power is a state which is able to have its will against a small state ... which in turn is not able to have its will against a Great Power,” yet “a Great Power could easily sink to the level of a second-rate or small Power, and a ...
... power). For example, the American scholar Walt (1987) stresses how great powers bring alliances into being and maintain them once they exist, while his Danish student Wivel (2000) stresses how and why small states tend to join or not to ...
... great powers are also the great responsibles, that they are, as it were, in charge of the system, and that small states should therefore be studied in the light of great-power negotiations. “As when we say that a cold spell in winter is ...
Christine Ingebritsen, Iver Neumann, Sieglinde Gstöhl. where one power acts as the primus inter pares, first among equals (e.g., Kindleberger 1973; Gilpin 1981).13 It is alone in being great, and other powers are relegated to graded ...
... good. relations A diaerent, and in a number of respects opposing, approach to studying small states via institutions is to investigate them not in terms of outcomes of great-power bargains or as already established arenas where great powers ...
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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 |