Protean power : exploring the uncertain and unexpected in world politics / edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Lucia A. Seybert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katzenstein, Peter J., editor.

Seybert, Lucia A., editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 146.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 146

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 355 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Mainstream international relations continues to assume that the world is governed by calculable risk based on estimates of power, despite repeatedly being surprised by unexpected change. This ground breaking work departs from existing definitions of power that focus on the actors' evolving ability to exercise control in situations of calculable risk. It introduces the concept of 'protean power', which focuses on the actors' agility as they adapt to situations of uncertainty. Protean Power uses twelve real world case studies to examine how the dynamics of protean and control power can be tracked in the relations among different state and non-state actors, operating in diverse sites, stretching from local to global, in both times of relative normalcy and moments of crisis. Katzenstein and Seybert argue for a new approach to international relations, where the inclusion of protean power in our analytical models helps in accounting for unforeseen changes in world politics.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Preface

Part 1 Theory

1 Protean Power and Control Power: Conceptual Analysis

2 Uncertainty, Risk, Power and the Limits of International Relations Theory

Part 2 Protean Power: Embracing Uncertainty

3 Protean Power and Revolutions in Rights

4 Protean Power in Movement: Navigating Uncertainty in the LGBT Rights Revolution

5 Border Collision: Power Dynamics of Enforcement and Evasion across the US-Mexico Line

6 High-Tech: Power and Unpredictability at the Technological Frontier and in Bitcoin

Part 3 Mixed Worlds: Agility Meets Ability

7 Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power

8 Incomplete Control: The Circulation of Power in Finance

9 Terrorism and Protean Power: How Terrorists Navigate Uncertainty

10 Slumdog versus Superman: Uncertainty, Innovation, and the Circulation of Power in the Global Film Industry

Part 4 Protean Power between Risk and Uncertainty

11 Changing History?: Innovation and Continuity in Contemporary Arms Control

12 From Green to REDD: Protean Power and the Politics of Carbon Sinks

Part 5 Conclusion

13 Power Complexities and Political Theory

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108650304

1108650309

9781108651127

1108651127

9781108597456

1108597459

OCLC:

1048922752