Why shelter theory matters: Ramifications for international relations and small state studies
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Why shelter theory matters : Ramifications for international relations and small state studies. / Wivel, Anders; Ingebritsen, Christine.
Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs. ed. / Baldur Thorhallsson. Routledge, 2019. p. 205-213 (New International Relations).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Why shelter theory matters
T2 - Ramifications for international relations and small state studies
AU - Wivel, Anders
AU - Ingebritsen, Christine
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Shelter theory is a general theory of small state behaviour in world politics. The vulnerability of small states following from their absolute and relative power creates an incentive for seeking shelter in an anarchic international system, where each state is left to cater for its own interests. Shelter theory offers a more fine-grained theory of state behaviour than balance of power theory. International anarchy is a self-help system creating incentives for small states to seek shelter in order to meet the challenges of insecurity, limited opportunities for growth and a small market place for ideas following from limited capacity and power asymmetry. Shelter theory may be viewed as an ideal type small state theory. It draws on what is at least implicitly a realist understanding of the special challenges following from smallness in international anarchy, but the theory nuances this view with liberal institutionalist assumptions about the effect of international institutions and a constructivist-inspired awareness of norms.
AB - Shelter theory is a general theory of small state behaviour in world politics. The vulnerability of small states following from their absolute and relative power creates an incentive for seeking shelter in an anarchic international system, where each state is left to cater for its own interests. Shelter theory offers a more fine-grained theory of state behaviour than balance of power theory. International anarchy is a self-help system creating incentives for small states to seek shelter in order to meet the challenges of insecurity, limited opportunities for growth and a small market place for ideas following from limited capacity and power asymmetry. Shelter theory may be viewed as an ideal type small state theory. It draws on what is at least implicitly a realist understanding of the special challenges following from smallness in international anarchy, but the theory nuances this view with liberal institutionalist assumptions about the effect of international institutions and a constructivist-inspired awareness of norms.
U2 - 10.4324/9780429463167
DO - 10.4324/9780429463167
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-1-138-61537-3
T3 - New International Relations
SP - 205
EP - 213
BT - Small States and Shelter Theory
A2 - Thorhallsson, Baldur
PB - Routledge
ER -
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