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On dangerous ground : a theory of bargaining, border settlement, and rivalry / Toby J. Rider, Andrew P. Owsiak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rider, Toby J., author.
- Owsiak, Andrew P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boundaries.
- Borderlands.
- Boundary disputes.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- As a rule, countries consider clearly defined international borders to be paramount for their survival and prosperity. Most borders gain definition peacefully and, once they do, these definitions stick (id est, the border remains settled). The failure to define borders, however, produces protracted, geopolitical, militarized competitions (or rivalries) between neighboring countries. Rider and Owsiak model this failure as a particular type of bargaining problem - namely, bargaining over territory that affects the distribution of power between neighbouring states significantly - that undermines efforts to resolve border disagreements peacefully. Countries must then overcome this bargaining problem or risk falling into a protracted rivalry, which then needs to be addressed with more resources. The authors develop a theory of how borders settle. They then explore the consequences of the failure to settle, theoretically connecting it to the onset of rivalries. This leads to the process that helps rivals overcome the bargaining problem, resolve their border disagreement, and terminate their rivalry.
- Contents:
- Conceptual foundations
- A theory of border settlement
- An empirical evaluation of border settlement
- A theory of borders and rivalry initiation
- An empirical evaluation of borders and rivalry initiation
- A theory of borders and rivalry termination
- An empirical evaluation of borders and rivalry termination.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Feb 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781108885713
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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