Unanswered threats : political constraints on the balance of power /

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Why have states throughout history regularly underestimated dangers to their survival? Why have some states been able to mobilize their material resources effectively to balance against threats, while others have not been able to do so? The phenomenon of "underbalancing" is a common but wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schweller, Randall L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Subjects:
Balance of power > History.
Balance of power > Case studies.
Équilibre des puissances > Histoire.
Équilibre des puissances > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Diplomacy.
Balance of power.
Sicherheitspolitik
Gleichgewichtspolitik
Case studies.
History.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Balance of power and the puzzle of underbalancing behavior
  • Prudence in managing changes in the balance of power
  • A theory of underbalancing : a neoclassical realist explanation
  • Great-power case studies : interwar France and Britain, and France, 1877-1913
  • Small-power case studies : Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870
  • Why are states so timid? State coherence and expansion in the age of mass politics.

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