| Collective Preventive Diplomacy: A Study in International Conflict Management Contributor(s): Steiner, Barry H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791459888 ISBN-13: 9780791459881 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Examines how and why great powers act to defuse ethnic conflict within small powers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | Peace - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Dewey: 327.172 |
| LCCN: 2004041674 |
| Series: Suny Global Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.46" W x 8.98" (0.81 lbs) 267 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Powerful nations have often assumed a leadership role in international relations by becoming involved in ethnic conflict arising within small states. Recently however, their willingness to do so, at least unilaterally, has diminished. This study focuses on why and how powerful nations have acted together to dampen or forestall the expansion of small state conflicts while limiting potential risks to themselves. Employing a case-study method, Barry H. Steiner distinguishes between two types of collective preventive diplomacy, the insulationist and the interventionist. In the former, powerful nations are motivated to contain small power conflict in order to preserve their relations with other powerful nations. In the latter, they act to settle conflict between the small power antagonists themselves. |