Can Small States Be More than Price Takers in Global Governance

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ID12430740
AutoresYee-Kuang Heng, Yee‐kuang Heng (0000-0003-1413-2429, autor correspondente), Syed Mohammed Ad’ha Aljunied (0000-0003-3948-6127)
Ano2015
Volume21
Fascículo3
Páginas435-454
Data de publicação2015-08-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
EditoraLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/19426720-02103006
OpenAlexW2185375107
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas3

Existing debates suggest that small states can exert more influence than their size alone implies. This article contributes to such extant literature by addressing more specific questions about the conditions under which such ostensible price takers can play outsized roles. Generic claims of tiny Singapore punching above its weight have not yet been examined in light of its leaders' proactive initiatives in global governance to advance its national interests. Drawing on two strategies identified within theoretical debates on how small states project influence, this article analyzes Singaporean initiatives in coalition building and use of its comparative advantages in specific issue domains and how these strategies have evolved historically. Driven by an innate sense of vulnerability, Singapore's flexibility to embrace emerging modes of governance beyond its traditional UN-centric focus is a relatively overlooked feature in the literature deserving further attention

Corporate governance · Economics · Extant taxon · Flexibility (engineering · Global governance · Law and economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · International Development and Aid · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Socioeconomic Development in Asia