Struggle for Recognition in International Relations Status, Revisionism, and Rising Powers

How established powers can facilitate the peaceful rise of new great powers is a perennial question of international relations and has gained increased salience with the emergence of China as an economic and military rival of the United States. Highlighting the social dynamics of power transitions, The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations offers a powerful new framework through which to understand important historical cases of power transitionand more recently the rise of China and how the United States can facilitate its peaceful rise.