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International Theory Book Symposium on Peter J. Katzenstein and Lucia A. Seybert, eds, Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2020

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Jacques E. C. Hymans*
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School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089, USA
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Corresponding author E-mail: hymans@usc.edu
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Abstract

Katzenstein and Seybert's Protean Power offers a fresh perspective on the concept of power in international relations (IR) theory. Standard IR theory defines power as control power, which exists in the world of calculable risk. But IR must also grapple with protean power, which exists in the world of incalculable uncertainty. In this symposium, scholars representing a variety of theoretical perspectives evaluate the concept of protean power as it stands now and as it should develop in the future.

Keywords

powerprotean powerriskuncertaintyunexpected outcomes
Type
Symposium: Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics: Edited by Jacques E. C. Hymans
Information
International Theory , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , November 2020 , pp. 408 - 409
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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