Chapter 4 Forever small? A longue durée perspective on Luxembourg's extantism, governance, and security

• Egile nagusia: Kolnberger, Thomas (auth)
• Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
• Hizkuntza: ingelesa
• Argitaratua: Taylor & Francis 2024
• Gaiak: Politics & government; Small State; Politics; IR; Extantism; ASIDS; Vulnerability; Opportunity; Multilateral; Development; Political Economy; Agency; Security; Region; GLOBSEC; Status; Democracy; Global; Governance; International Relations; Securitisation; NATO; Sustainable; Foreign Policy; Sovereignty; Domestic; Dependence; Paradox
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Luxembourg is a prototypical small state and the only remaining example of over a two dozen of grand duchies in history. In this chapter the focus is laid on persistency and change of governance in security affairs, that is, the question of how a Luxembourg political entity overcame a variety of challenges of the (European) security environment until 1940. Indeed, to comprehend the 'survival' of the Grand Duchy in face of the vicissitudes of the military-political setting since the princedom's creation by the Treaty of Vienna (1815), one needs to deploy the full array of the Small-State theory debate in security policy and in the politics of international relations: bandwagoning, balancing, freeriding, hedging, shelter-seeking. Based on this longue durée approach, the contribution expands on 'extantism' to reintroduce this concept to Small-State Studies.

Deskribapen fisikoa

1 electronic resource (21 p.)

ISBN

9781003356011-7
9781032410487
9781032410555

Sartu

Open Access