Beyond great powers and hegemons
Subtitle: why secondary states support, follow or challenge
By: edited by Kristen P. Williams, Steven E. Lobell, and Neal G. Jesse
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780804771634; 9780804771641
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Small States; World politics; International relations; Hegemony; Great powers
Description: This book adds a new dimension to the discussion of the relationship between great powers and weaker states that align with them or not. Previous studies have focused on the role of the larger (or super) power and how it manages its relationships with other states, or on how great or major powers challenge or balance the hegemonic state. This book seeks to explain why weaker states follow more powerful global or regional states or tacitly or openly resist their goals, and how they navigate their relationships with the hegemon. The contributors explore 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 domestic and international factors that account for the motivations and actions of weaker states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: Romania's resistance to the USSR / Kristen P. Williams; title: Cuba, Angola and the Soviet Union / Jennifer Kibbe; title: Ireland's singular stance : pursuing neutrality as a means to resist the hegemon / Neal G. Jesse; title: Power disparities and strategic trade : domestic consequence of U.S.-Jordan trade concessions / Steven E. Lobell; title: Comply or defy? : following the hegemon to market / Maria Sampanis; title: Western Europe, NATO and the U.S. : leash-slipping, not leash-cutting / Galia Press-Barnathan; title: Pakistan : anatomy of a hegemonic malcontent / John R. Dreyer; title: Resistance is util (useful) : responses to Brazilian hegemony / Nancy D. Lapp; title: Reacting to Russia : foreign relations of the former Soviet bloc / Shale Horowitz and Michael D. Tyburski; title: South Asia : conflict, hegemony, and power balancing / Srini Sitaraman; title: China and its neighbors : too close for comfort? / Alexander C. Tan; title: South Africa : benign hegemony and resistance / Stephen F. Burgess.