Small states and international relations pedagogy: Exploring the creative agency frontier
| Autor | Nancy E. Wright |
| Cargo | Master of Philosophy, Political Science, PhD Candidate, Political Science |
| Páginas | 49-62 |
Small states and international
relations pedagogy: Exploring the
creative agency frontier
Nancy E. Wright*
* Master of Philosophy, Political Science, PhD Candidate, Political Science. Adjunct Professor of Department
of Political Science, Pace University, New York, New York (usa). [wrightnancy272@gmail.com]; [https://orcid.
org/0000-0001-6074-2530]
Recibido: 3 de diciembre de 2019 / Modificado: 4 de febrero de 2020 / Aceptado: 15 de marzo de 2020
Para citar este artículo:
Wright, Nancy E. (2020). Small states and international relations pedagogy: exploring the creative agency frontier.
OASIS, 32, pp. 49-62.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18601/16577558.n32.05
ABSTRACT
The world’s smallest sovereign states,
which in fact comprise the majority of sover-
eign states worldwide, have a great deal to teach
us about different interpretations of power.
Much international relations (ir) scholarship
has traditionally focused on power as control
or coercion; however, power can also mean
capability, which is accomplished through
what this article identifies as creative agency.
Here creative agency is defined as capability
according to how one interprets power and
the benefits associated with that power. Thus,
certain components of power, such as regional
or global hegemony, may not be relevant to
creative agency; conversely, strong cultural
identity or a niche economy may be essential.
This article divides small states into three cat-
egories: (1) microstates, defined herein as states
with populations of fewer than a half million
and/or a non-sea area of fewer than 1,000
square kilometers; (2) states with populations
of between a half million and one million;
and (3) states considered small primarily in
relation to their larger neighbors. It uses ex-
amples from all these categories to illustrate the
phenomenon of creative agency with regard to
state formation and type of government and
governance. Because the focus of the article is
pedagogy, the text includes references to key
themes that instructors can introduce with
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