When and Why States Project Power /

• Main Author: Markowitz, Jonathan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Dissertations; Academic Political science. (Discipline) UCSD; Power (Social sciences) Political aspects Case studies; Power (Social sciences) Economic aspects Case studies; Power (Social sciences) Psychological aspects Case studies; 21st century Military policy Case studies; 21st century Sea-power Case studies; Arctic; Pivot; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hr5m1gr; http://n2t.net/ark:/20775/bb3721697z

Why do some economically powerful states build and project military force while others do not? This dissertation argues that domestic institutions and economic interests influence why states project power to compete over resources or access to markets. It proposes that a state's level of intere...