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Long, Tom (Thomas Stephen) (2017) It’s not the size, it’s the relationship : from ‘small states’ to asymmetry. International Politics, 54 (2). pp. 144-160. doi:10.1057/s41311-017-0028-x ISSN 1384-5748.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41311-017-0028-x
Abstract
Much time and enormous amount of academic effort has gone into defining small states and their position in world politics. This endeavor, sadly, has produced very little agreement. It is therefore time to reposition the discussion. I do so by arguing that the analysis of small states should move from a concentration on ‘smallness’ to looking in more detail at the relationships in which these states are engaged. IR scholars should therefore stop defining and re-defining the concept of ‘small state,’ quite literally setting it aside as an analytical category. This article advocates a whole-hearted embrace of a relational approach, replacing the analytical category of ‘small state’ with a new perspective and terminology.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | States, Small, International relations | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Politics | ||||||||
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1384-5748 | ||||||||
Official Date: | March 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 54 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 144-160 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1057/s41311-017-0028-x | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 October 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 February 2018 |
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