Beyond great powers and hegemons : why secondary states support, follow or challenge / edited by Kristen P. Williams, Steven E. Lobell, and Neal G. Jesse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Kristen P., 1964- editor.

Lobell, Steven E., 1964- editor.

Jesse, Neal G., 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegemony.

International relations.

States, Small.

Great powers.

World politics--1945-1989.

World politics.

World politics--1989-.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This book adds a new dimension to the discussion of the relationships between states with great power and the weaker states that choose to align with them-or not. Previous studies have focused either on the role of the larger power and how it manages its relationships with other states, or on how great or major powers effectively challenge or balance a hegemonic state. Beyond Great Powers and Hegemons, on the other hand, seeks to explain why weaker states follow more powerful global or regional states (or tacitly or openly resist their goals) and how they then navigate their relationships with these hegemons. To do this, the authors explore the interests, motivations, objectives, and strategies of these followers-including whether they can and do challenge the policies and strategies or the core position of the hegemon.

Through the analysis of both historical and contemporary cases that feature global and regional hegemons in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Asia, and that address a range of interest areas-from political to economic and military-the book reveals the domestic and international factors that account for the motivations and actions of weaker states. Book jacket.

Contents:

The leader can't lead when the followers won't follow : the limitations of hegemony / Neal G. Jesse, Steven E. Lobell, Galia Press-Barnathan, and Kristen P. Williams

Romania's resistance to the USSR / Kristen P. Williams

Cuba, Angola and the Soviet Union / Jennifer Kibbe

Ireland's singular stance : pursuing neutrality as a means to resist the hegemon / Neal G. Jesse

Power disparities and strategic trade : domestic consequence of U.S.-Jordan trade concessions / Steven E. Lobell

Comply or defy? : following the hegemon to market / Maria Sampanis

Western Europe, NATO and the U.S. : leash-slipping, not leash-cutting / Galia Press-Barnathan

Pakistan : anatomy of a hegemonic malcontent / John R. Dreyer

Resistance is util (useful) : responses to Brazilian hegemony / Nancy D. Lapp

Reacting to Russia : foreign relations of the former Soviet bloc / Shale Horowitz and Michael D. Tyburski

South Asia : conflict, hegemony, and power balancing / Srini Sitaraman

China and its neighbors : too close for comfort? / Alexander C. Tan

South Africa : benign hegemony and resistance / Stephen F. Burgess.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804771634

0804771634

9780804771641

0804771642

OCLC:

748941809