Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Maass, Matthias

Publication

• [Manchester] : Manchester University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Description

xi, 262 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

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 3½ centuries, the number of small states did fluctuate widely and at times dramatically.--

Subjects

• International relations
• States, Small

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-258) and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-3266

ISBN

• 0719082730
• 9780719082733

OCLC

964377329

Author

Maass, Matthias, author.

Title

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

Publisher

[Manchester] : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-258) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-3266