Great Power Conduct and Credibility in World Politics

Sheds light on the phenomenon of great powers' obsession with retaining images of their primacy and resolve in international affairs
Draws from social psychology and suggests that credibility-fixated type of behavior is connected to a particular stage of the power cycle Contributes to the IR pragmatist tradition of creating predictable values and generates further knowledge about generalized patterns in world politics

Autorentext
Sergey Smolnikov teaches in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics at York University, Canada, and is a former Professor of International Relations at the Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- Part I Operationalization, Periodicity, and Pinnacles of Power.- 2. Operationalization of Power.- 3. Measuring Intangibles.- 4. Power Periodicity.- 5. Dynamics of Primacy.- Part II The Theory of Power Credibility.- 6. Re-examining Modern Realist and Constructivist Concepts of World Politics.- 7. The Narratives of Power and Credibility.- 8. Distinguishing Credibility.- 9. Conceptualizing Power Credibility.- 10. Six Attributions of Credibility.- 11. Conclusion.