Restraint in International Politics

ISBN-13: 9781108486088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 316 str.

Brent J. Steele

Opis

Comprehensive examination of restraint in international politics, considered across a range of contexts as a political process, device, and strategy.

Recenzje

'This book provides a very important and invigorating account of restraint in international politics. ... Steele succeeds in providing a rich and ethical account of power in a context of social and political relations.' Catarina Kinnvall, International Relations

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Restraint appraised: restraint in international relations; 2. Restraint and actionism in global politics; 3. The historical (ab)uses of restraint: gender, race, class; 4. Democratic restraint, democratic libido; 5. Restraint, anti-climax, and insecurity; 6. Restraining those who can't restrain themselves: restraint, international political economy, and public health; Conclusion: towards a strategic narrative of restraint.