02282cam a22003134i 4500 120305s2012 enk b 001 0 eng 9781107021358 9781107691698 SDU JZ1306 S741 2012 Special responsibilities : global problems and American power / Mlada Bukovansky, Ian Clark, Robyn Eckersley, Richard Price, Christian Reus-Smit, Nicholas J. Wheeler. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 290 pages ; HKBU Library "The language of special responsibilities is ubiquitous in world politics, with policymakers and commentators alike speaking and acting as though particular states have, or ought to have, unique obligations in managing global problems. Surprisingly, scholars are yet to provide any in-depth analysis of this fascinating aspect of world politics. This path-breaking study examines the nature of special responsibilities, the complex politics that surround them and how they condition international social power. The argument is illustrated with detailed case-studies of nuclear proliferation, climate change and global finance. All three problems have been addressed by an allocation of special responsibilities, but while this has structured politics in these areas, it has also been the subject of ongoing contestation. With a focus on the United States, this book argues that power must be understood as a social phenomenon and that American power varies significantly across security, economic and environmental domains"-- International relations Moral and ethical aspects. 180899 Responsibility Political aspects. 210888 POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. United States Foreign relations Moral and ethical aspects. 209865 Bukovansky, Mlada 210887 Clark, Ian 1949- 210890 Bukovansky, Mlada, 210887 Eckersley, Robyn, 1958- 210891 Price, Richard M. 1964- 222825 Reus-Smit, Christian, 1961- 210893 Wheeler, Nicholas J. 210894 32767 = C.1 บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย GBE lcc 109379 109379 0 0 lcc 0 JZ1306 S741 02012 0 CGB 281089 BD BD GEN 2025-09-08 2 JZ1306 S741 2012 1000363577 2025-09-08 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-08 GBE