Protean power : : exploring the uncertain and unexpected in world politics / / edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Lucia A. Seybert.

• Superior document: Cambridge studies in international relations ; 146
• TeilnehmendeR: Katzenstein, Peter J.,; Seybert, Lucia A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cambridge studies in international relations ; 146.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 355 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Mainstream international relations continues to assume that the world is governed by calculable risk based on estimates of power, despite repeatedly being surprised by unexpected change. This ground breaking work departs from existing definitions of power that focus on the actors' evolving ability to exercise control in situations of calculable risk. It introduces the concept of 'protean power', which focuses on the actors' agility as they adapt to situations of uncertainty. Protean Power uses twelve real world case studies to examine how the dynamics of protean and control power can be tracked in the relations among different state and non-state actors, operating in diverse sites, stretching from local to global, in both times of relative normalcy and moments of crisis. Katzenstein and Seybert argue for a new approach to international relations, where the inclusion of protean power in our analytical models helps in accounting for unforeseen changes in world politics.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1 Theory -- 1 Protean Power and Control Power: Conceptual Analysis -- 2 Uncertainty, Risk, Power and the Limits of International Relations Theory -- Part 2 Protean Power: Embracing Uncertainty -- 3 Protean Power and Revolutions in Rights -- 4 Protean Power in Movement: Navigating Uncertainty in the LGBT Rights Revolution -- 5 Border Collision: Power Dynamics of Enforcement and Evasion across the US-Mexico Line -- 6 High-Tech: Power and Unpredictability at the Technological Frontier and in Bitcoin -- Part 3 Mixed Worlds: Agility Meets Ability -- 7 Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power -- 8 Incomplete Control: The Circulation of Power in Finance -- 9 Terrorism and Protean Power: How Terrorists Navigate Uncertainty -- 10 Slumdog versus Superman: Uncertainty, Innovation, and the Circulation of Power in the Global Film Industry -- Part 4 Protean Power between Risk and Uncertainty -- 11 Changing History?: Innovation and Continuity in Contemporary Arms Control -- 12 From Green to REDD: Protean Power and the Politics of Carbon Sinks -- Part 5 Conclusion -- 13 Power Complexities and Political Theory -- References -- Index.