Ayse Zarakol is University Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow at Emmanuel College. She is author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West (Cambridge, 2011).

• Introduction. Theorizing hierarchies Ayse Zarakol; Part I. Forms of Hierarchy – Origins, Nature and Intersections: 1. Laws and norms in the making of international hierarchies David Lake; 2. Making empires: hierarchy, conquest and customization Andrew Phillips; 3. Hierarchy and paternalism Michael Barnett; 4. Revealing international hierarchy through gender lenses Laura Sjoberg; 5. Against authority: the heavy weight of international hierarchy Vincent Pouliot; Part II. How Actors Experience Hierarchies: 6. Hierarchy in an age of equality: micro-states and dependencies J. C. Sharman; 7. 'Command and control?' Hierarchy in the politics of foreign military bases Alex Cooley; 8. Leading authority as hierarchy among INGOs Sarah Stroup and Wendy Wong; 9. 'Lazy Greeks' and 'Nazi Germans': negotiating international hierarchies in the Euro crisis Rebecca Adler-Nissen; 10. 'Subcultural groupings' in international system hierarchy: China in Africa Shogo Suzuki; Conclusion: 11. Beyond hierarchy Jack Donnelly; 12. Why hierarchy? Ayse Zarakol; Bibliography.

Ayse Zarakol is University Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow at Emmanuel College. She is author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West (Cambridge, 2011).

• Introduction. Theorizing hierarchies Ayse Zarakol; Part I. Forms of Hierarchy – Origins, Nature and Intersections: 1. Laws and norms in the making of international hierarchies David Lake; 2. Making empires: hierarchy, conquest and customization Andrew Phillips; 3. Hierarchy and paternalism Michael Barnett; 4. Revealing international hierarchy through gender lenses Laura Sjoberg; 5. Against authority: the heavy weight of international hierarchy Vincent Pouliot; Part II. How Actors Experience Hierarchies: 6. Hierarchy in an age of equality: micro-states and dependencies J. C. Sharman; 7. 'Command and control?' Hierarchy in the politics of foreign military bases Alex Cooley; 8. Leading authority as hierarchy among INGOs Sarah Stroup and Wendy Wong; 9. 'Lazy Greeks' and 'Nazi Germans': negotiating international hierarchies in the Euro crisis Rebecca Adler-Nissen; 10. 'Subcultural groupings' in international system hierarchy: China in Africa Shogo Suzuki; Conclusion: 11. Beyond hierarchy Jack Donnelly; 12. Why hierarchy? Ayse Zarakol; Bibliography.

Ayse Zarakol is University Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow at Emmanuel College. She is author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West (Cambridge, 2011).

• Introduction. Theorizing hierarchies Ayse Zarakol; Part I. Forms of Hierarchy – Origins, Nature and Intersections: 1. Laws and norms in the making of international hierarchies David Lake; 2. Making empires: hierarchy, conquest and customization Andrew Phillips; 3. Hierarchy and paternalism Michael Barnett; 4. Revealing international hierarchy through gender lenses Laura Sjoberg; 5. Against authority: the heavy weight of international hierarchy Vincent Pouliot; Part II. How Actors Experience Hierarchies: 6. Hierarchy in an age of equality: micro-states and dependencies J. C. Sharman; 7. 'Command and control?' Hierarchy in the politics of foreign military bases Alex Cooley; 8. Leading authority as hierarchy among INGOs Sarah Stroup and Wendy Wong; 9. 'Lazy Greeks' and 'Nazi Germans': negotiating international hierarchies in the Euro crisis Rebecca Adler-Nissen; 10. 'Subcultural groupings' in international system hierarchy: China in Africa Shogo Suzuki; Conclusion: 11. Beyond hierarchy Jack Donnelly; 12. Why hierarchy? Ayse Zarakol; Bibliography.