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Record Nr.

UNINA9910993887803321

Titolo

A new approach to global studies from the perspective of small nations / / edited by Kiyonobu Date and Jean-François Laniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), 2023

[s.l.] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2023

ISBN

9781003395232

1003395236

9781003814429

1003814425

9781003814412

1003814417

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

321/.06

Soggetti

States, Small

Self-determination, National

Globalization - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Quebec society through the lens of the small nation -- Part 2. Re-examining Japan from a small-nation perspective -- Part 3. Diversity: Small nations in subnational contexts.

Sommario/riassunto

"With emphasis on East Asian and North American examples - notably Japan and Quebec - Date, Laniel and their contributors take a new approach to the understanding of small nations and their role in the international system. Small nations, by their very nature, raise significant questions about what a nation is. Some small nations are sovereign states with relatively small populations and limited territory, others are nations within larger sovereign states, with distinctive cultures, governance structures, or other features that differentiate them from their "parent" state. By focussing on non-European nations in particular, the contributors to this volume challenge our conceptions of what a small nation is and how it operates within the international



system. They focus in particular on the nation-within-a-nation-state of Quebec and on Japan, supplemented by further examples from East Asia. By interrogating what these examples have to show us about the typology and character of small nations, they offer a critique of superpower and draw out the potential of small nation studies. A valuable resource for students and scholars of international relations and theories of the nation and nation state"--