Small states in international relations
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Small states in international relations
(New directions in Scandinavian studies)
University of Washington Press , University of Iceland Press, c2006
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-318) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 entrepreneurs. The volume is organised 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 entrepreneurs in world politics - from the promotion of sustainable solutions to innovative humanitarian programmes and policies.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Lilliputians in Gulliver's World? / Iver B. Neumann and Sieglinde Gstohl
Part I: Defining Contributions to the Literature
1. The Power of Small States: Diplomacy in World War II / Annette Baker Fox
2. Lilliputians' Dilemmas: Small States in International Politics / Robert O. Keohane
3. The Inequality of States: A Study of the Small Power in International Relations / David Vital
4. Micro-states: the Principality of Liechtenstein / Jorri Duursma
Part II: Refining the Small State Debate
5. Weak States in the International System / Michael Handel
6. Small States in World Markets: Industrial Policy in Europe / Peter J. Katzenstein
7. The Role of Small States in the European Union / Baldur Throhallsson
Part III: Small State Capacity in International Relations
8. Learning, Realism, and Alliances: The Weight of the Shadow of the Past / Dan Reiter
9. Norm Entrepreneurs: Scandinavia's Role in World Politics / Christine Ingebritsen
Conclusion: Learning from Lilliput / Christine Ingebritsen
Annotated Bibliography / Jessica Beyer
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