The Paradox of Power Revisited: Internal and External Conflict

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan G. Lopez Cruz ◽  
Gustavo Torrens
Keyword(s):  
1986 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 409
Author(s):  
John C. Campbell ◽  
Maya Chadda

1989 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeev Maoz

It has been persistently demonstrated that militarily superior states that are engaged in wars with militarily inferior ones may end up on the losing side. Unlike the processes by which military capabilities are converted into control over resources, the so-called “paradoxical conflict outcomes” phenomenon is more severe than a lack of correspondence between control over resources and control over outcomes. The paradox of power involves cases in which increased control over resources actually causes reduced control over outcomes. Several of the theoretical examples of this paradox are taken from social choice theory. These examples are applied to the analysis of the outcome of the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 and of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. The implications of the power paradox for theories of international politics are briefly discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Lopez Cruz ◽  
Gustavo Torrens
Keyword(s):  

2019 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Y. Bartlett ◽  
Piercarlo Valdesolo ◽  
Sarah N. Arpin

1998 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 1162
Author(s):  
Edward J. Escobar ◽  
Julie Leininger Pycior

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document