none 10.14361/9783839457474-002 Transcript Verlag Transcript Verlag 5471 128503962 3850431 3850893 2021071211360620600 10.14361 2026-06-02T11:28:49Z 2021-07-07T07:50:10Z 0 10.31235/osf.io/rpc6k 2702-9298 2703-0504 Daniela Russ Universität Bielefeld, Deutschland James Stafford Universität Bielefeld, Deutschland Knowledge, Strategies and Institutions The »return of great power competition« between (among others) the US, China, Russia and the EU is a major topic in contemporary public debate. But why do we think of world politics in terms of »competition«? Which information and which rules enable states and other actors in world politics to »compete« with one another? Which competitive strategies do they pursue in the complex environment of modern world politics? This cutting-edge edited collection discusses these questions from a unique interdisciplinary perspective. It offers a fresh account of competition in world politics, looking beyond its military dimensions to questions of economics, technology and prestige. 1 06 17 2021 06 09 2021 978-3-8376-5747-0 978-3-8394-5747-4 transcript Verlag Bielefeld, Germany https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.14361/9783839457474 https://www.transcript-open.de/isbn/5747 Ramy Youssef https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-6298 Competition or Conflict? In this article, Ramy Youssef compares historically varying structures and semantics of world political status competition. Early modern and modern rankings that represent the world political status of royal titles, or modern states, respectively, serve as empirical material. It is shown that status competition in the early modern period can neither semantically nor structurally be distinguished from conflicts, whereas in modern world politics competition is framed as a distinct social relationship and as an alternative to conflicts. Methodological and epistemological conclusions are drawn from the findings, suggesting that more caution should be taken when applying modern terms to historical contexts. 06 17 2021 06 09 2021 35 60 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.14361/9783839457474-002 https://www.transcript-open.de/doi/10.14361/9783839457474-002 https://www.inlibra.com/10.14361/9783839457474-002