The Price of Prestige : Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations /

If wars are costly and risky to both sides, why do they occur? Why engage in an arms race when it's clear that increasing one's own defense expenditures will only trigger a similar reaction by the other side, leaving both countries just as insecure-and considerably poorer? Just as people b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilady, Lilach (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]
Temas:
International relations - Economic aspects.
International relations > Economic aspects.
International relations > Social aspects.
International relations-Social aspects.
Prestige.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
political economy, economic conditions, international economies, diplomacy, conflict, arms race, expensive things, consumers, consumerism, capitalism, prestige items, social status, wasteful government expenditures, defense spending, national security, laws of demand, veblen goods, space programs, weapons systems, foreign aid program, excess, policy implications, wealth, money, influence, power.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Explaining Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations
  • Chapter 2. Status Symbols and Luxury Goods in International Relations
  • Chapter 3. The Aircraft Carrier Club
  • Chapter 4. A Contest of Beneficence: Prosociality in International Relations
  • Chapter 5. Big Science and the Transits of Venus: The First Race to Space
  • Chapter 6. Conclusions: Living in a Veblenian World
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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