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New Powers: How to Become One and How to Manage Them
Amrita Narlikar
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Description for New Powers: How to Become One and How to Manage Them
Hardback. How developing countries manage their climb to power--with case studies from China, Brazil and India. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KLSB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Being the new kid on the block is seldom easy at any level, and it is certainly not easy in the anarchical world of international politics. New powers such as Brazil, China and India have to tread a difficult balance as they negotiate their way to the top. They must signal a sufficient level of conformity to show that they do not pose a threat to the system, and thereby avoid preemptive reprisals. But habitually conciliatory diplomacy is likely to lead established powers to regard them as pushovers. Effective bargaining holds the key to finding the balance between these extremes. ... Read more
Being the new kid on the block is seldom easy at any level, and it is certainly not easy in the anarchical world of international politics. New powers such as Brazil, China and India have to tread a difficult balance as they negotiate their way to the top. They must signal a sufficient level of conformity to show that they do not pose a threat to the system, and thereby avoid preemptive reprisals. But habitually conciliatory diplomacy is likely to lead established powers to regard them as pushovers. Effective bargaining holds the key to finding the balance between these extremes. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849040778
SKU
V9781849040778
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About Amrita Narlikar
Dr Amrita Narlikar is University Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, and Official Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. Her single-authored books include 'International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining Coalitions in the GATT and WTO', London: Routledge, 2003, and 'The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction', Oxford: OUP, 2005. She has also edited ... Read more
Reviews for New Powers: How to Become One and How to Manage Them
'Tension and even warfare are likely when a new power emerges and an old power is challenged. The achievement of Amrita Narlikar is to bring analytical rigour to the recent emergence of India, China and Brazil, and her insights are equally applicable to the historical past, to the emergence of Britain or Germany or the United States, as to the ... Read more