Small states in world politics : the story of small state survival, 1648-2016 /

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"What is the story behind the paradoxical survival of small and weak states in a world of great powers and crude power politics? And what explains the dramatic rise and fall in the number of states overtime, following no consistent trend and not showing an immediately obvious direction or patte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maass, Matthias (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Manchester International Relations
Subjects:
States, Small > History.
States, Small > Foreign relations.
National security > History.
World politics > History.
Petits États > Histoire.
Petits États > Relations extérieures.
Politique mondiale > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
National security.
States, Small.
World politics.
Internationales politisches System
Kleinstaat
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Small states in world politics
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introducing small state survival as a historical phenomenon
  • 2 Defining and quantifying the small state
  • 3 Power politics and small state survival: the classic balance of power, 1648â#x80;#x93;1814
  • 4 Small state survival in a system of collective hegemony: the concert system, 1815â#x80;#x93;1918
  • 5 Small state survival and proliferation in twentieth-century systems of collective security and global governance, 1919â#x80;#x93;2016

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