@article{ref1,
title="Coping with a Greedy Neighbour",
journal="Journal of peace research",
year="1989",
author="Wiberg, Hakan",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="319-325",
abstract="Mouritzen's dissertation is a theoretical and methodological step forward in the analysis of adaptive politics, avoiding some of the pitfalls of its predecessors. His main interest lies in (non-normative) theory construction, in order to explain how and why governments with powerful and threatening neighbours make - and withdraw - concessions to them. His 'rational actor' model constructions are confronted with historical data about Denmark's and Sweden's coping with Hitler's Germany, the conclusion being that a 'balance-of-power' model is superior to a 'tension' model, but needs supplementation with a theory of inertia, which is then worked out. Several additional cases of adaptive politics are briefly discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-3433",
doi="10.1177/0022343389026003008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343389026003008"
}