RATIONAL EMPIRES: INSTITUTIONAL INCENTIVES AND IMPERIAL EXPANSION
Book ID/图书代码： 13560011B49306
English Summary/英文概要： The nineteenth century marked the high point of imperialism, when tsarist Russia expanded to the Pacific and the sun was said never to set on the British Empire. Imperialism remains a perennial issue in international relations today, and nowhere is this more evident than in the intensifying competition for global resources. Leo J. Blanken explains imperialism through an analysis of the institutions of both the expanding state and its targets of conquest. While democratic states favoring free trade generally resort to imperialism only to preempt aggressive rivals—or when they have reason to believe another state’s political institutions will not hold up when making bargains—authoritarian states tend toward imperialism because they don’t stand to benefit from free trade. The result is three distinct strategies toward imperialism: actors fighting over territory, actors peaceably dividing territory among themselves, and actors refraining from seizing territory altogether. Blanken examines these dynamics through three case studies: the scramble for Africa, the unequal treaties imposed on Qing Dynasty China, and the evolution of Britain’s imperial policy in India. By separating out the different types of imperialism, Blanken provides insight into its sources, as well as the potential implications of increased competition in the current international arena.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十九世纪标志着霸权主义的高潮,沙皇俄国扩张到太平洋,大英帝国日不落。帝国主义仍然是当今国际关系一个经久不衰的问题,在当今全球资源的日益激烈竞争中更为明显。利奥j. 布兰肯通过机构分析解释了帝国主义的扩张状态和征服目标。虽然民主国家支持自由贸易一般只诉诸于帝国主义抢占侵略竞争对手-或者他们有理由相信另一个国家的政治体制不能够阻碍讨价还价-霸权主义国家倾向于帝国主义,因为他们无法受益于自由贸易。结果是对帝国主义有三个不同的策略:争夺领土,和平分裂领土和完全避免夺取领土。布兰肯通过三个案例研究检查这些动力学系统:非洲争夺战,中国清代强加的不平等条约,英国在印度的帝国主义政策的演变。通过将不同类型的帝国主义分类,布兰肯洞察其来源,以及加剧当前国际舞台上的竞争的潜在影响。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“创新，有趣，重要。利奥j . 布兰肯阐述最古老的国际关系问题之一——帝国主义行为的来源,而小说和编写良好的论据嵌入到非常流行的新兴学校的研究中。《理性帝国》将被视为如何在国际政治的理性文学选择中使用一些最新进展的模型。“(乔治敦大学戴维 m . 埃德尔斯坦)”"Innovative, interesting, and important. Leo J. Blanken speaks to one of the oldest issues in international relations - the source of imperial behavior - and does so with a novel and well-written argument that is embedded in a very popular emerging school of research. Rational Empires will be seen as a model of how to employ some of the latest developments in the rational choice literature to international politics." (David M. Edelstein, Georgetown University)"
About the Author/作者介绍： 利奥j. 布兰肯是海军研究生院国防分析部助理教授。Leo J. Blanken is assistant professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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