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De Pantz, Federica (2018) Middle powers in the agency-structure debate. In: Struye de Swielande, Tanguy and Vandamme, Dorothée and Walton, David and Wilkins, Thomas , (eds.) Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century. IR Theory and Practice in Asia . Routledge. ISBN 9781138614871
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Abstract
The term "middle power" is conceptually fragile. Some scholars have even argued for abandoning it. This book argues that the concept needs to be analysed more profoundly and that new analytical tools need to be developed to better understand the phenomenon. The traditional approach, based on Western states, is insufficient and has become increasingly irrelevant in a transformed global environment. Instead of drawing from a single theory of international relations, the contributors have chosen to build upon a wide range of theories in a deliberate demonstration of analytic eclecticism. A pluralistic approach provides stronger explanations while remaining analytically and intellectually rigorous. Many of the theory contributions are reconsidering how the largely "Western" bases of such theorising need revising in light of the "emerging middle powers", many of which are in Asia.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Middle powers, International relations | ||||||
Series Name: | IR Theory and Practice in Asia | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781138614871 | ||||||
Book Title: | Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century | ||||||
Editor: | Struye de Swielande, Tanguy and Vandamme, Dorothée and Walton, David and Wilkins, Thomas | ||||||
Official Date: | 2 October 2018 | ||||||
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Number of Pages: | 240 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century on 02/10/2018, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781138614871 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 October 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 May 2020 | ||||||
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