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Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics
CONTENTS
TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables
Figures
CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
Major Power Status in International Politics
Major Powers and Status: A Very Brief Look at the Literature
A Framework for Status Attribution
The Attribution of Status
But Why Care About Status?
Differentiating between Status Consistency and Status Inconsistency
Indicators of Membership in the Club
Partial Membership (Status Inconsistency) in the Major Power Club
An Argument for Face Validity
Major Powers and Their Status in the Post–World War II Era
The Chapters that Follow
Notes
CHAPTER TWO
The United States as Global Leader, Global Power, and Status-Consistent Power?1
Findings on the United States as a Status-Consistent Major Power
Anarchy, Hierarchy, and Order
Status Consistency and Systemic Leadership
An Alternative Interpretation of Status Consistency and Contests among Major Powers
On Membership, Indicators, and Behavior
Back to the United States as a Status-(In)Consistent Power
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER THREE
USSR/Russian Federation’s Major Power Status Inconsistencies
The Cold War Years: From Status-Inconsistent Underachiever to Overachiever
From the Soviet Empire to the Russian State: Redefinition and Readjustment
The Post–Cold War Decade: Boris Yeltsin’s Major Power Status Inconsistencies
Putin and Medvedev’s Politics: Seeking to Overcome Russia’s Inconsistent Overachiever Status?
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER FOUR
The Power and Politics of Recognition: Status in China’s Foreign Relations1
China’s Status Pursuit: Conception and Dynamics
Views on the International Order
Foreign Policy Practice
Conclusion: Toward a New Start in China’s Status Politics
Notes
CHAPTER FIVE
French Power-Seeking and Overachievement
The French Schizophrenia of Power
The Retrained Power
The New Niches
The Trapped Overachievement
Toward a Structural Overachievement?
Notes
CHAPTER SIX
Japan as an Underachiever: Major Power Status in Climate Change Politics1
Climate Change as a Highly Political Issue
Japan’s Status Attribution
In-group Status Attribution
Self-referenced Status Attribution
Community Attribution
Constraints on Japan’s Status Attribution
Japan’s Target–Setting Process
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER SEVEN
Identifying Regional Powers and Their Status1
Defining Regions
The Regional Powers Framework
Opportunity
Willingness
Status Attribution
Looking Closer at Challenger States: When Opportunity and Willingness Diverge
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
CHAPTER EIGHT
Brazil: Major Power in the Making?
Introduction
In Tune with International Institutions
Responding to the Post–Cold War Era
Growing Economic Capabilities Leading to Global Activism
Responding to Environmental Concerns
A New Human Rights Agenda and a New UN
Brazilian International Identity
Brazil as a Regional Power in South America
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER NINE
India: A Major Power in the Making
Power and Attribution
India as a Regional Power
India as a Global Power
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER TEN
Status and the Future of International Politics
A Further Look at the Processes of Status Attribution
Self-Reference
Community Status Attribution
In-Group Status Attribution
Two Clubs or Three?
Normative Dimensions to Status Attribution
Status Attribution by Issue Area?
The Future of the Major Power Club
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
REFERENCES
INDEX
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