External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation
China, Indonesia, and Thailand, 1893–1952
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19899263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ja Ian Chong (0000-0002-4215-0125, National University of Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139005197 |
| OpenAlex | W3132971043 |
| Open Library | OL34473169M |
| ISBN | 9781139005197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This book explores ways foreign intervention and external rivalries can affect the institutionalization of governance in weak states. When sufficiently competitive, foreign rivalries in a weak state can actually foster the political centralization, territoriality and autonomy associated with state sovereignty. This counterintuitive finding comes from studying the collective effects of foreign contestation over a weak state as informed by changes in the expected opportunity cost of intervention for outside actors. When interveners associate high opportunity costs with intervention, they bolster sovereign statehood as a next best alternative to their worst fear - domination of that polity by adversaries. Sovereign statehood develops if foreign actors concurrently and consistently behave this way toward a weak state. This book evaluates that argument against three 'least likely' cases - China, Indonesia and Thailand between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries
Argument (complex analysis) · Autonomy · Corporate governance · Counterintuitive · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Intervention (counseling) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science) · Asian Studies and History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · 20th century · Case studies · china · Government · Indonesia · International · Political development · politics and government · Thailand · The State
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The Evolution of Contemporary China Studies in Singapore
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |