{"product_id":"9781529230239-reluctance-in-world-politics","title":"Reluctance in World Politics","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy States Fail to Act Decisively\u003cbr\u003eThis book develops a concept and a theory of reluctance in world politics. Applying it to regional crisis management by leading powers, it finds that reluctance emerges when governments fail to devise clear foreign policy preferences and face competing international pressures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do international actors, including powerful states, often fail to develop clear foreign policies and instead adopt indecisive, ‘muddling-through’ approaches? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book develops a concept and a theory of reluctance in world politics. Applying it to the study of regional crisis management by leading powers, it finds that reluctance emerges when governments fail to devise clear foreign policy preferences and face competing international pressures. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe study of reluctance in world politics sheds new light on some of the most pressing problems of our time, from weak crisis management to cooperation deficits in global governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41026751758433,"sku":"9781529230239","price":105.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34650264.jpg?v=1749269722","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529230239-reluctance-in-world-politics","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}