@article{1442409,
      recid = {1442409},
      author = {Abbondanza, Gabriele, and Wilkins, Thomas S.,},
      title = {Awkward powers : escaping traditional great and middle  power theory /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2022},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book introduces the editors new concept of Awkward  Powers. By undertaking a critical re-examination of the  state of International Relations theorising on the changing  nature of the global power hierarchy, it draws attention to  a number of countries that fit awkwardly into existing but  outdated categories such as great power and middle power.  It argues that conceptual categories pertaining to the apex  of the international hierarchy have become increasingly  unsatisfactory, and that new approaches focusing on such  Awkward Powers can both rectify shortcomings on power  theorising whilst shining a much-needed theoretical  spotlight on significant but understudied states. The books  contributors examine a broad range of empirical case  studies, including both established and rising powers  across a global scale to illustrate our conceptual claims.  Through such a novel process, we argue that a better  appreciation of the de facto international power hierarchy  in the 21st century can be achieved. Gabriele Abbondanza,  PhD, is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Government  and International Relations, University of Sydney. He  specialises in Australian and Italian foreign and security  policy; national power, and regional, middle, and great  power theory. Thomas Wilkins, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in  International Security in the Department of Government and  International Relations, University of Sydney, and a Senior  Fellow (Non-Resident) at the Japan Institute for  International Affairs. He has published widely on  International Relations theory and Asia-Pacific security  issues.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1442409},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0370-9},
}