Small States In International Relations

Author : Christine Ingebritsen,Iver Neumann,Sieglinde Gsthl
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295802107

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Small States in International Relations by Christine Ingebritsen,Iver Neumann,Sieglinde Gsthl Pdf

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..

Author : Godfrey Baldacchinoel,Anders Wivel
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788112932

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Handbook on the Politics of Small States by Godfrey Baldacchinoel,Anders Wivel Pdf

Comprehensive and timely, this Handbook identifies the key characteristics, challenges and opportunities involved in the politics of small states across the globe today. Acknowledging the historical legacies behind these states, the chapters unpack the costs and benefits of different political models for small states.

Author : Clive Archer,Alyson J.K. Bailes,Anders Wivel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317755357

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Small States and International Security by Clive Archer,Alyson J.K. Bailes,Anders Wivel Pdf

This book explains what ‘small’ states are and explores their current security challenges, in general terms and through specific examples. It reflects the shift from traditional security definitions emphasizing defence and armaments, to new security concerns such as economic, societal and environmental security where institutional cooperation looms larger. These complex issues, linked with traditional power relations and new types of actors, need to be tackled with due regard to democracy and good governance. Key policy challenges for small states are examined and applied in the regional case studies. The book deals mainly with the current experience and recent past of such states but also offers insights for their future policies. Although many of the states covered are European, the study also includes African, Caribbean and Asian small states. Their particular interest and relevance is outlined, as is the connection between their security challenges and their smallness. Policy lessons for other states are then sought. The book is the first in-depth, multi-continent study of security as an aspect of small state governance today. It is novel in placing the security dilemmas of small states in the context of wider ideas on international and institutional change, and in dealing with non-European states and regions.

Author : Tom Long
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9780190926205

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A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics by Tom Long Pdf

Theoretically innovative and empirically expansive, A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics sets out to become the new authority for the study of small states in International Relations (IR). The book's explanatory approach allows for a comparison of small states' situations and relationships across a global selection of some twenty cases in issues of international security, economy, and institutions. In doing so, it shows how IR's longstandingneglect of small states is a missed opportunity--not just for understanding small states but for developing better theories of IR.

Author : David Vital
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : States, Small
ISBN : OCLC:1009252026

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The Inequality of States by David Vital Pdf

Author : Jeanne A. K. Hey
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555879438

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Small States in World Politics by Jeanne A. K. Hey Pdf

Offering empirical richness within a consistent theoretical framework, this work provides a comprehensive examination of small state foreign policy.

Author : Baldur Thorhallsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Iceland
ISBN : 0367354152

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Small States and Shelter Theory by Baldur Thorhallsson Pdf

Small states are dependent on the economic, political, and societal shelter provided by larger states and international organizations to survive and prosper. Iceland provides an ideal case study for shelter theory, due both to its smallness as compared with its larger neighbouring states, as well as its status as both an entity and then as a state. That Iceland has historically been so isolated, relative to other small European states, also makes it easier to trace the country's interactions with other actors, since the impact of each interaction can be measured more definitively thus broadening the theory's validity and offering new insights into its operations. The contributors to this volume focus on the extent of Iceland's external engagement with other states and the domestic consequences of this interaction. Societal shelter, in terms of transfer of norms and values, is as of much importance as economic and political shelter. By unpacking the structure of Iceland's external relations, this book demonstrates both the size-related disadvantages and the unique needs of small states to evaluate, explain, and predict small state behaviour. This book will be of interest to all scholars in international relations, especially those interested in small state behaviour.

Author : Matthias Maass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : International relations
ISBN : 0719082730

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Small States in World Politics by Matthias Maass Pdf

This book focuses on the state level analysing factors that determine small state survival and proliferation. It demonstrates theoretically, quantitatively, and historically that small state survival depends first-and-foremost on the structure and particular features of the states system in which the small state finds itself.

Author : Laurent Goetschel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0792382803

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Small States Inside and Outside the European Union by Laurent Goetschel Pdf

Small States in and outside the European Union offers a broad overview of the small states problematic in Europe. It touches upon definition issues, history, security policy, neutrality, EU institutional aspects and also includes contributors from Central and Eastern European countries. It presents a thorough analysis of different scenarios for EU institutional reform and their repercussions on the influence of small member states. The comparative results are visualized in tables. The work contains several contributions from practitioners who give insight into policy games and issues of national sensitivity not usually covered by purely scholarly publications. The European environment has changed dramatically through the processes of regional integration and rising interdependence. Relations between European states both inside and outside the EU are governed as never before by rules, norms, and fixed procedures. The book investigates the consequences of these developments on the foreign and security policy of small states. Academics and professionals from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as from the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, elaborate on these issues. Institutional regulations and traditional power politics as well as the foreign and security policy traditions of the states concerned, including the question of neutrality, are investigated. In addition, the book identifies the main interests of small states in today's Europe and offers an overview of different strategies these states apply in the realm of foreign and security policy. The book is interesting for the case studies it offers as well as for the reflections it contains regarding fundamental questions of the essence of statehood in today's Europe.

Author : A. Cooper,T. Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230246911

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The Diplomacies of Small States by A. Cooper,T. Shaw Pdf

This is an in-depth analysis of the various methods used by small states to overcome their vulnerabilities in the international arena. With its balanced approach and variety of contributions, this book is of interest to researchers and academics who focus on the developing world or multilateral diplomacy.

Author : Tomáš Weiss,Geoffrey Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000484144

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Small States and Security in Europe by Tomáš Weiss,Geoffrey Edwards Pdf

This book studies how domestic contestation influences the security policy of small states within the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A multinational group of expert contributors consider how domestic contestation is translated into small states’ foreign policies, how membership of international organisations alters attitudes to security policy in small states and how patterns of small states’ behaviour across domestic traditions, security cultures and geographical location can be identified. Anchored in new institutionalism, the book explores the influence of international organisations on security policies and the tensions created by connecting four strands of literature, on Europeanisation, on the impact of and on institutions, on the way foreign and security policy is made, and the security/strategic culture of small states. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of international relations, security studies, EU studies, area studies and politics.

Author : Anne-Marie Brady
Publisher : Springer
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030188030

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Small States and the Changing Global Order by Anne-Marie Brady Pdf

This book provides a critical examination of the foreign policy choices of one typical small state, New Zealand, as it faces the changing global balance of power. New Zealand’s foreign policy challenges are similar with those faced by many other small states in the world today and are ideally suited to help inform theoretical debates on the role of small states in the changing international system. The book analyses how a small state such as New Zealand is adjusting to the changing geopolitical, geo-economic, environment. The book includes perspectives from some of New Zealand's leading as well as emerging commentators on New Zealand foreign policy.

Author : Anne-Marie Brady,Baldur Thorhallsson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030515294

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Small States and the New Security Environment by Anne-Marie Brady,Baldur Thorhallsson Pdf

This book examines the security, defence and foreign policy choices and challenges of small states in NATO and its small partner states in the new security environment. The main aim of the book is to analyse how these states are dealing with current and emerging security challenges and how they might better prepare for these challenges. A special focus is on ‘new’ security threats and solutions, such as drones and hybrid warfare. Simultaneously, the book focusses on how small states are responding to emerging ‘old threats’, such as Russian aggression in its neighbouring states and increased activity in the North Atlantic. The book makes an attempt to answer questions like: How are the small states of NATO and its small partner states adjusting to the new geo-political and geo-economic environment? Do small states in NATO manage the tension between alliance commitments differently from small states that are not members of NATO? What are the core strategic interests of the NATO and non-NATO partner small states? The book is about the external dimension of inherent size-related difficulties in states and how small states compensate for their inbuilt structural weaknesses compared with their larger neighbouring states. One third of the member states of NATO are small and most NATO partner states are small states too. Small states frequently have a disproportionate effect on global politics and they are more often affected by global shifts of power, yet they have less resources available to address security challenges. The aim of the book is to enhance the understanding of the role of small states in the changing global international security environment. The book presents the theory of shelter (which is derived from the diverse and extensive literature on small states) and uses it to examine how small states respond to new and old security threats. Shelter theory addresses three interrelated issues of common concerns to small states: the reduction of risk before a possible crisis event, assistance in absorbing shocks in times of crises, and help in recovering after such an event. In short, shelter theory claims that small states need external shelter in order to survive and prosper. They are dependent on the economic, political, and societal shelter provided by larger states, as well as regional and international organizations.

Author : Benjamin de Carvalho,Iver B Neumann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317637301

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Small State Status Seeking by Benjamin de Carvalho,Iver B Neumann Pdf

Status-seeking is an important aspect of the foreign policies of a number of small states, but one that has been rarely studied. This book aims to contribute to our understanding not only of status-seeking, by coming at that question from a new angle, that of a small state, but also to our understanding of foreign policy, by discussing the importance of status for foreign policy overall. If status is a hierarchy, then it is important to focus not just on the highest-ranking powers, but also those at lower levels. As the distribution of power is becoming more diffuse, the role of small and medium powers becomes more significant than it was during the Cold war. The book chapters go beyond familiar explications of "soft power" or conflict resolution to highlight new aspects of Norway’s foreign policy, including contributions to national defense, global warming, and management of Arctic resources. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in areas including US Foreign Policy, International Relations and European Politics.

Author : David Vital
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : States, Small
ISBN : UVA:X000151936

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The Inequality of States by David Vital Pdf