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Author | : Deborah Welch Larson |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2019-02-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0300245157 |
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A look at how the desire to improve international status affects Russia's and China's foreign policies Deborah Welch Larson and Alexei Shevchenko argue that the desire for world status plays a key role in shaping the foreign policies of China and Russia. Applying social identity theory—the idea that individuals derive part of their identity from larger communities—to nations, they contend that China and Russia have used various modes of emulation, competition, and creativity to gain recognition from other countries and thus validate their respective identities. To make this argument, they analyze numerous cases, including Catherine the Great’s attempts to westernize Russia, China’s identity crises in the nineteenth century, and both countries’ responses to the end of the Cold War. The authors employ a multifaceted method of measuring status, factoring in influence and inclusion in multinational organizations, military clout, and cultural sway, among other considerations. Combined with historical precedent, this socio-psychological approach helps explain current trends in Russian and Chinese foreign policy.
Author | : T. Volgy |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2011-06-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 023011931X |
Download Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores the effects and consequences of major global power and major regional power status attribution on the foreign policies of states striving for such status and the consequences of status differentiation for the international system and the post-Cold War international order.
Author | : Benjamin de Carvalho |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2014-09-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317637305 |
Download Small State Status Seeking Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Polly Wiessner |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781571811233 |
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This book brings together contributions from different disciplines to investigate, from ethological and anthropological perspectives, behaviour that appears to have biological roots such as the tendency to seek status through the medium of food.
Author | : Robert H. Frank |
Publisher | : New York ; Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Is money the major factor in shaping the marketplace? Is salary the prime consideration in job satisfaction? Not necessarily, according to Robert Frank. Economists, Frank charges, have refused to treat people as people, and consequently they have painted a distorted picture of the marketplace. Economists have too often neglected fundamental elements of human nature and therefore have failed to ask many obviously important questions and have offered wrong or at best misleading answers to the questions they do ask. This challenging and provocative book offers an alternative to the prevailing view of human beings as economic automatons. Individual desires--notably the quest for status--profoundly affect the marketplace. "Status concerns play dominant roles in many of the most important private transactions and underlie much of the regulatory apparatus we observe in the modern welfare state," Frank writes. The book offers a radical reinterpretation of what private markets can and cannot do and suggests new ways of looking at familiar regulations and social programs. Many of the issues discussed touch directly upon the strongest concerns we feel as human beings struggling to define our roles and affirm our importance in the world around us. About the Author: Robert H. Frank is Associate Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He is the co-author (with Richard Freeman) of The Distributional Consequences of Direct Foreign Investment.
Author | : Stephen R. Halsey |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0674425650 |
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China’s late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of China’s current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft.
Author | : Kathleen Benner Duble |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2008-03-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1416933867 |
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The accounts of fateful voyages are told through four different viewpoints via letters, diary entries, and personal narratives in this dramatic tale of life, risk, reward, and peril on the high seas.
Author | : Polly Wiessner |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781571818713 |
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Author | : Rachel Lance |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2021-04-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1524744174 |
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One of "The Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020" "One part science book, one part historical narrative, one part memoir . . . harrowing and inspiring.”—The Wall Street Journal How a determined scientist cracked the case of the first successful—and disastrous—submarine attack On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor. Within a matter of hours, the Union ship’s stern was blown open in a spray of wood planks. The explosion sank the ship, killing many of its crew. And the submarine, the first ever to be successful in combat, disappeared without a trace. For 131 years the eight-man crew of the HL Hunley lay in their watery graves, undiscovered. When finally raised, the narrow metal vessel revealed a puzzling sight. There was no indication the blast had breached the hull, and all eight men were still seated at their stations—frozen in time after more than a century. Why did it sink? Why did the men die? Archaeologists and conservationists have been studying the boat and the remains for years, and now one woman has the answers. In the Waves is much more than just a military perspective or a technical account. It’s also the story of Rachel Lance’s single-minded obsession spanning three years, the story of the extreme highs and lows in her quest to find all the puzzle pieces of the Hunley. Balancing a gripping historical tale and original research with a personal story of professional and private obstacles, In the Waves is an enthralling look at a unique part of the Civil War and the lengths one scientist will go to uncover its secrets.
Author | : Piers Anthony |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 849 |
Release | : 2010-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0312870701 |
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Beneath the twin suns Ellistar and Deneob, the Realm of Infinitera is menaced by the Dark One and his minions, the Illcreatures. And in these strange times has come a thing never seen before: a star which has tumbled from the sky, holding a power of evil even more dangerous than the Dark One himself. Now, to save the Realm, the High Bishop charges a lonely group of travelers with a crucial task: carrying the mightiest weapon every known, the Thunderwood Staff, to safety in the Holy city of Norivika. Running before the storm, the doughty band must traverse the world, and learn the true nature of the Fallen Star, in order to stave off the Dark... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.