Schweller Unanswered Threats

Political Constraints on the Balance of Power
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3785-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 125, 200 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Schweller, Randall L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

INTORDUCTION: Balance of Power and the Puzzle of Underbalancing Behavior 1

CHAPTER ONE: Prudence in Managing Changes in the Balance of Power 22

CHAPTER TWO: A Theory of Underbalancing: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation 46

CHAPTER THREE: Great-Power Case Studies: Interwar France and B Bitain, and France, 1877-1913 69

CHAPTER FOUR: Small-Power Case Studies: Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870 85

CHAPTER FIVE: Why Are States So Timid? State Coherence and Expansion in the Age of Mass Politics 103

Notes 131

Bibliography 153

Index 165

Über Autor(innen)

Randall L. Schweller is Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University. Schweller's research focuses on theories of world politics, international security, and strategic studies. He is the author of Deadly Imbalances: Tripolarity and Hitler's Strategy of World Conquest, as well as many articles in journals such as World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Security, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Review of International Studies, and Security Studies. He is currently a member of the editorial board of the journal International Security (Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University). In 1993, he received a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellowship in National Security at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.