Reluctance in World Politics: Why States Fail to Act Decisively

Front Cover\nReluctance in World Politics: Why States Fail to Act Decisively\nCopyright information\nDedication\nTable of Contents\nList of Figures and Tables\nAbout the Author\nAcknowledgements\n1 Introduction\n	A gap in the literature\n	What is reluctance and how can we explain it?\n	Empirical analysis: varying reluctance in regional crisis management\n2 Conceptualizing Reluctance\n	Mapping the field: reconnecting concept reconstruction and concept building\n	Concept reconstruction\n		The broader semantic field\n		Related theoretical approaches\n	Reluctance: concept building\n		The negative poles\n		Constitutive dimensions and concept structure\n		Operationalization\n	Summary\n3 Theorizing Reluctance in World Politics\n	Difficulties in domestic preference formation\n		Political weakness\n		Limited capacity\n		Cognitive problems\n		Normative struggles\n	Competing international expectations\n	The interplay of difficulties in preference formation and competing expectations\n	Alternative explanations\n	How to study reluctance empirically\n4 India’s Reluctant Crisis Management in South Asia\n	India and crisis management in Afghanistan\n		India’s approach to the conflict in Afghanistan\n		Explaining India’s reluctance in crisis management in Afghanistan\n	India and crisis management in Nepal\n		India’s reluctant approach to the crisis in Nepal\n		Explaining India’s reluctant approach to Nepal\n5 Germany’s Mixed Approach: Not Always a Reluctant Hegemon\n	Germany’s reluctant approach to intervention in Libya\n		Germany and its approach to the crisis in Libya\n		Explaining German reluctance in the Libya crisis\n	Germany and the Ukraine crisis of 2014–15\n		Germany’s low reluctance in the Ukraine crisis\n		Explaining Germany’s decreasing reluctance in the Ukraine crisis of 2014–15\n6 Brazil’s Non-Reluctant Approach to Regional Crisis Management\n	Brazil’s leadership of MINUSTAH\n		Brazil and MINUSTAH\n		Explaining Brazil’s non-reluctant approach\n	Brazil’s approach to the conflict in Colombia\n		Explaining Brazil’s non-reluctant approach\n7 Explaining Reluctance in Other Contexts\n	Reluctance in different types of crisis\n	Reluctance by small states and great powers\n	Reluctance beyond the nation-state\n8 Conclusion\n	Lessons learned: reluctance, rising powers and issue salience\n	Policy implications\n	Avenues for further research: what are the consequences of reluctance?\nAppendix: List of Interviewees\nReferences\nIndex