TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Coping with a Greedy Neighbour
JO  - Journal of peace research
A1  - Wiberg, Hakan
SP  - 319
EP  - 325
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0022-3433
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343389026003008
ID  - ref1
ER  -