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Fighting for Status : Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics /

"There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear proliferation, the rise of China, and other contemporary foreign policy issues, and has long been implicated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renshon, Jonathan, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Status dissatisfaction
  • Losing face and sinking costs
  • A network approach to status
  • Status deficits and war
  • "Petty prestige victories" and Weltpolitik in Germany, 1897-1911
  • Salvaging status : doubling down in Russia, Egypt and Great Britain
  • Conclusion.