LEADER 05555nam 22006255 450 001 9910743368603321 005 20220501045645.0 010 $a9789811603693 010 $a9811603693 010 $a9789811603709 010 $a9811603707 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-16-0370-9 035 $a(CKB)5360000000049915 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6743164 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6743164 035 $a(OCoLC)1281979345 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-16-0370-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)995360000000049915 100 $a20211004d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAwkward Powers: Escaping Traditional Great and Middle Power Theory /$fedited by Gabriele Abbondanza, Thomas Stow Wilkins 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (415 pages) 225 1 $aGlobal Political Transitions,$x2522-8749 311 08$a9789811603693 311 08$a9811603693 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Case for Awkward Powers -- Part 2: Awkward Great Powers -- Chapter 2. The Odd Axis: Germany, Italy, and Japan as Awkward Great Powers -- Chapter 3. India: An Awkward Great Power? -- Chapter 4. A liminal and transitional awkward power: Brazil betwixt the great and middle powers -- Part 3: Awkward Middle Powers -- Chapter 5. Thailand as an Awkward Middle Power -- Chapter 6. Middle power awkwardness? Indonesia's norm entrepreneurship in ASEAN -- Chapter 7. Malaysia as an Awkward Middle Power -- Chapter 8. The Equivocal Power of South Africa -- Chapter 9. Between a regional hegemon and a middle power: Is Nigeria an awkward middle power? -- Chapter 10.The Normative Awkwardness of Pakistan -- Chapter 11. Neither This Nor That: Understanding North Korea via Role Theory -- Chapter 12. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Rentier Middle Power in Pursuit of Global Leadership of the Islamic Community -- Chapter 13. Awkward and Peculiar: On Israel Flying Above its Designated Positional Pigeonhole -- Chapter 14. Singapore as an awkward "little red dot": between the small and middle power status -- Chapter 15. Belgium: The capacities of a middle power, but the ambitions of a small power? -- Part 4: Conclusion -- Chapter 16.What makes an awkward power? Recurrent patterns and defining characteristics. . 330 $a'Awkward Powers' is an innovative and impressive book written by leading scholars in the field. It assists with our understanding of the changing nature and role of middle powers at a time of considerable upheaval in the international system. - Dr. David Walton, Western Sydney University, Australia This wonderfully provocative collection of essays is a welcome contribution to an International Relations discipline still obsessed with big powers. It highlights how smaller states are now variously intervening in regional and global affairs. The book confirms that their "awkwardness" can no longer be ignored. - Dr. Allan Patience, The University of Melbourne, Australia This book introduces the editors' new concept of "Awkward Powers". By undertaking a critical re-examination of the state of International Relations theorising on the changing nature of the global power hierarchy, it draws attention to a number of countries that fit awkwardly into existing but outdated categories such as "great power" and "middle power". It argues that conceptual categories pertaining to the apex of the international hierarchy have become increasingly unsatisfactory, and that new approaches focusing on such "Awkward Powers" can both rectify shortcomings on power theorising whilst shining a much-needed theoretical spotlight on significant but understudied states. The book's contributors examine a broad range of empirical case studies, including both established and rising powers across a global scale to illustrate our conceptual claims. Through such a novel process, we argue that a better appreciation of the de facto international power hierarchy in the 21st century can be achieved. Gabriele Abbondanza, PhD, is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. He specialises in Australian and Italian foreign and security policy; national power, and regional, middle, and great power theory. Thomas Wilkins, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, and a Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) at the Japan Institute for International Affairs. He has published widely on International Relations theory and Asia-Pacific security issues. . 410 0$aGlobal Political Transitions,$x2522-8749 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aInternational Relations Theory 606 $aForeign Policy 606 $aInternational Security Studies 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 14$aInternational Relations Theory. 615 24$aForeign Policy. 615 24$aInternational Security Studies. 676 $a327.112 702 $aAbbondanza$b Gabriele 702 $aWilkins$b Thomas S.$f1973- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910743368603321 996 $aAwkward powers$93560084 997 $aUNINA