ISBN:
9783642250828
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVIII, 319p. 30 illus., 4 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
Global Power Shift, Comparative Analysis and Perspectives
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Power in the 21st century
Keywords:
Macht
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Internationale Beziehungen
;
Internationale Sicherheit
;
Außenwirtschaftspolitik
;
Global Governance
;
Internationales Währungssystem
;
Welt
;
Social sciences
;
International economics
;
Social Sciences
;
Social sciences
;
International economics
;
Balance of power
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Macht
;
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Wirtschaftspolitik
;
Industriestaaten
;
Schwellenländer
Abstract:
Katharina Kronenberg
Abstract:
The study of power is the nucleus of political science and international relations. As a shift of power from traditional industrial countries to emerging powers has been perceived since the turn of the century, this book aims to present innovative theoretical and empirical approaches that can increase our understanding of this transition. Scholars from the fields of international relations, international political economy, economics and security studies not only explore current theoretical debates on 'power' and 'power shifts' among entities, but also provide fresh insights into relevant aspects of international power in the 21st century. With a particular focus on aspects of international security, trade and production, new methods of identifying power and its sources are presented, and their potential implications and challenges are discussed. Enrico Fels is Lecturer at the Center for Global Studies (CGS), University Bonn. He has a Masters degree from the Australian National University, where he also was a T.B. Millar Scholar in Strategic and Defence Studies, and holds a Bachelors degree from Ruhr-University Bochum. Before joining CGS, he worked as a Research Assistant for the Institute of International Relations at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, as well as at the Chair of International Relations, Ruhr-University Bochum. Jan-Frederik Kremer is Lecturer at the Center for Global Studies, University Bonn. He has a Bachelors and Masters degree from Ruhr-University Bochum, and is pursuing a PhD at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE). Ruhr-University Bochum. He holds a Bronnbacher Scholarship and is a member of the Ruhr-University's DFG-funded Research School. Before working at CGS he was a Research Assistant for IEE as well as the Chair of International Relations, Ruhr-University Bochum. Katharina Kronenberg is Lecturer at the Center for Global Studies, University Bonn. She earned her Bachelors and Masters degree at Ruhr-University Bochum, studied at Nanking University Tianjin, PR China, and held a full scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation. Prior to joining CGS she worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of East Asian Politics, Ruhr-University Bochum.
Description / Table of Contents:
Power in the 21st Century; International Security and International Political Economy in a Changing World; Preface; References; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Theoretical Considerations About Power; Chapter 1: Power Shift? Power in International Relations and the Allegiance of Middle Powers; Power in International Relations; Ranking of States; Great Powers in the Regional Power Hierarchy; Identifying Middle Powers in Asia-Pacific; Australia and the Case for Middle Power Allegiance; Australia Between China and the US; Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 2: Hegemony and Power in the Global War on TerrorismHegemony in Mind and Matter; Unipolarity and Hegemony; Power and Its Exercise of the United States; Conclusion; References; Interviews with the Author; Chapter 3: ``Are You Pondering What I Am Pondering?´´ Understanding the Conditions Under Which States Gain and Loose Soft Power; Conditions Under Which States Will Gain or Loose Soft Power; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Towards a New Understanding of Structural Power: ``Structure Is What States Make of It´´; Introduction; Discussion: Power and IR; Prepositions and Assumptions
Description / Table of Contents:
Goods and Types of GoodsAvailability of Goods; Needs; Rare Goods; Basket; Structural Power; Understanding of Structure; Influencing Structural Power; Conclusion; References; Part II: Power and International Security; Chapter 5: Nuclear Weapons and Power in the 21st Century; Nuclear Weapons, Power and Twentieth Century Nuclear Order; Deterrence: Harnassing the Power of Nuclear Weapons; The Imperative of Stability: The Paradox of Nuclear Weapons´ Power; The Exclusive Club of Nuclear Powers; Will the Genie Escape the Bottle?; Technology Diffusion and `Latent Arsenals´ as a New Form of Power?
Description / Table of Contents:
Bringing the `Aggressor´ Back into the Picture: Nuclear Genocide and Terrorism`Tipping Points´ and the Prisoner´s Dilemma of Nuclear Weapons Power; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Three Worlds of Natural Resources and Power; Introduction; Natural Resources and Power; Changes in International Resource Supply; Three Worlds of Resource Supply in the 21st Century; Hobbesian World; Kantian World; Lockean World; What Can We Learn?; References; Chapter 7: The Military Balance in the Baltic Sea Region: Notes on a Defunct Concept; Power Politics? That Is So 1980s!; What Is Military Balance?
Description / Table of Contents:
CapabilitiesThe Baltic States; Denmark; Norway; Finland; Sweden; Poland; Germany; Russia; Summary Table; Balancing Behaviour; Strategies of Assurance; Strategies of Avoidance; Strategies of Self-Realization; Military Balancing: Empirical Patterns and Theoretical Considerations; References; Chapter 8: The Monopoly of Violence in the Cyber Space: Challenges of Cyber Security; Introduction; Changing Conceptualizations of Security and Power in the Cyber Space; Security and New Vulnerabilities in the Cyber Realm; Power in the Cyber Space
Description / Table of Contents:
Politically-Motivated Cyber Attacks in Estonia, Georgia and South Korea
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-25082-8
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