Protean power : : exploring the uncertain and unexpected in world politics /

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

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 abil...

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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).
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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.

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