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

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Author / Creator:Maass, Matthias, author.
Imprint:Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Manchester International Relations
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11759652
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ISBN:1526108534
9781526108531
9781526108548
1526108542
0719082730
9780719082733
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 3, 2017).
Summary:"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 pattern? The answers lie at the system-level: Small states survival is shaped by the international states system. Small state survival and proliferation is determined first and foremost by features of and dynamics created at the states system. As the states system changes and evolves the chances for small states to survive or proliferate change as well. In fact, a quantitive investigation confirms this, showing that over the course of more than 3ư centuries, the number of small states did fluctuate widely and at times dramatically. In sum, the small state security is shaped by exogenous, systemic factors, not by small states' own foreign policies."--
Other form:Print version: Maass, Matthias. Small states in world politics. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017 0719082730 9780719082733
Standard no.:10.7765/9781526108531