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Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics

Global and Regional Perspectives

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Thomas J. Volgy

    1. School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA

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  2. Renato Corbetta

    1. Department of Government, University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA

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  3. Keith A. Grant

    1. Bucknell University, USA

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  4. Ryan G. Baird

    1. Warfare Analysis Center, USA

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Part of the book series: Evolutionary Processes in World Politics (EPWP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Major Power Status in International Politics

    • Thomas J. Volgy, Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant, Ryan G. Baird
    Pages 1-26

  3. The United States as Global Leader, Global Power, and Status-Consistent Power?

    • William R. Thompson
    Pages 27-53

  4. USSR/Russian Federation’s Major Power Status Inconsistencies

    • Maria Raquel Freire
    Pages 55-75

  5. The Power and Politics of Recognition: Status in China’s Foreign Relations

    • Yong Deng
    Pages 77-95

  6. French Power-Seeking and Overachievement

    • Bertrand Badie
    Pages 97-113

  7. Japan as an Underachiever: Major Power Status in Climate Change Politics

    • Norichika Kanie
    Pages 115-132

  8. Identifying Regional Powers and Their Status

    • Kirssa Cline, Patrick Rhamey, Alexis Henshaw, Alesia Sedziaka, Aakriti Tandon, Thomas J. Volgy
    Pages 133-157

  9. Brazil: Major Power in the Making?

    • Monica Herz
    Pages 159-179

  10. India: A Major Power in the Making

    • Rajesh Basrur
    Pages 181-202

  11. Status and the Future of International Politics

    • Renato Corbetta, Thomas J. Volgy, Ryan G. Baird, Keith A. Grant
    Pages 203-224

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 225-242
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This book explores the effects and consequences of major global power and major regional power status attribution on the foreign policies of states striving for such status and the consequences of status differentiation for the international system and the post-Cold War international order.

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"Few can doubt the importance of the major powers in world politics, both in international history (past and future) and in international theory. This well-integrated volume makes a significant contribution by specifying what a major power is, by measuring status differentiation among the major powers in the post-1945 system, and by offering different analytic perspectives on the ongoing quest for status among global and regional powers." - Jack S. Levy, Board of Governors' Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University, and Senior Associate at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA

    Thomas J. Volgy

  • Department of Government, University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA

    Renato Corbetta

  • Bucknell University, USA

    Keith A. Grant

  • Warfare Analysis Center, USA

    Ryan G. Baird

About the editors

THOMAS J. VOLGY Professor of Political Science at University of Arizona, USA.

RENATO CORBETTA Assistant Professor at University of Alabama, USA.

KEITH A. GRANT Research Assistant at University of Arizona, USA.

RYAN G. BAIRD is PhD candidate at University of Arizona, USA

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