Relocating Middle Powers

Andrew F. Cooper is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the International Relations Program, University of Waterloo. Richard A. Higgott is a professor in the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. Kim Nossal is a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, McMaster University.

A welcome addition to the literature on the comparative study of Canadian and Australian foreign policy, this book also serves as a timely counter to the wave of literature exploring the "new world order" role of the United States; it reminds us that other players are present and can shape events. - Lawrence T. Woods (Canadian Book Review Annual) This well-organized and clearly written book succeeds in establishing that a focus on the intellectual and entrepreneurial leadership of middle powers yields a significant gain in explanatory power when used to complement more orthodox approaches to the collective action problems inherent to forging cooperative international institutions. For those seeking an antidote to the great power chauvinism and often parochial character of much American scholarship on questions of leadership, hegemony, cooperation and world order, Relocating Middle Powers provides an informative and provocative alternative. - David P. Rapkin (American Political Science Review)

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Leadership, Followership, and Middle Powers in International Politics: A Reappraisal2 Changing with the International Agenda: State Reorganization and Middle Power Diplomacy3 The Multilateral Economic Agenda: The Cairns Group and the Uruguay Round4 The Regional Economic Agenda: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and North American Free Trade5 The Security Agenda: Coalition-building and the Gulf Conflict6 Addressing the Widening Global Agenda: Australian and Canadian Perspectives ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex