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This book focuses on the state level analysing factors that determine small state survival and proliferation. It demonstrates theoretically, quantitatively, and historically that small state survival depends first-and-foremost on the structure and particular features of the states system in which the small state finds itself.

Table of Contents

1 Introducing small state survival as a historical phenomenon
2 Defining and quantifying the small state
3 Power politics and small state survival: the classic balance of power, 1648–1814
4 Small state survival in a system of collective hegemony: the concert system, 1815–1918
5 Small state survival and proliferation in twentieth-century systems of collective security and global governance
6 The story of small state survival: past, present, and future
Index

Small States in World Politics The Story of Small

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2017
      ISBN13: 9780719082733, 978-0719082733
      ISBN10: 719082730

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book focuses on the state level analysing factors that determine small state survival and proliferation. It demonstrates theoretically, quantitatively, and historically that small state survival depends first-and-foremost on the structure and particular features of the states system in which the small state finds itself.

      Table of Contents

      1 Introducing small state survival as a historical phenomenon
      2 Defining and quantifying the small state
      3 Power politics and small state survival: the classic balance of power, 1648–1814
      4 Small state survival in a system of collective hegemony: the concert system, 1815–1918
      5 Small state survival and proliferation in twentieth-century systems of collective security and global governance
      6 The story of small state survival: past, present, and future
      Index

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