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The price of prestige conspicuous consumption in international relations

Author:Lilach Gilady

Summary:Explaining conspicuous consumption in international relations -- Status symbols and luxury goods in international relations -- The aircraft carrier club -- A contest of beneficence: prosociality in international relations -- Big science and the transits of Venus: the first race to space -- Conclusions: living in a Veblenian world

Print Book, English, 2018

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2018

Physical Description:Seiten

ISBN:

9780226433202, 9780226433349, 022643320X, 022643334X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1019903149

Subjects:

International relations Economic aspects

International relations Social aspects

Internationale Politik

Relations internationales Aspect économique

Relations internationales Aspect social

Contents:

Explaining conspicuous consumption in international relations

Status symbols and luxury goods in international relations

The aircraft carrier club

A contest of beneficence: prosociality in international relations

Big science and the transits of Venus: the first race to space

Conclusions: living in a Veblenian world