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class distinctions, 44 , 171 n 49 ; consumption
and, 16 ; defined, 44 ; formation, 44 ; in-
ternational relations and, 42 – 46 ; mar-
kers of, 44 ; prosociality and, 112 – 18 ;
status and, 173 n 9 ; status symbols and,
44 , 173 n 9 ; symbols and, 172 n 3 ; Veblen
on, 44 , 173 n 10 ; wars and, 49
climate change, 15 , 121
Cold War, 92 , 122 , 127 , 179 n 29 , 183 n 27
collective action problem, 164 ; Big Science
and, 132 ; competition and, 98 , 138 , 164 ;
conspicuous consumption and, 41 , 105 ,
133 , 145 ; middle power and, 114 ; pro-
sociality and, 92 , 95 , 97 (see also proso-
ciality); reciprocity and, 97
conspicuous consumption: aesthetic value
and, 25 ; arms races and, 65 – 69 , 155 – 56 ,
171 n 46 , 186 n 3 (see also weapons; and
specific countries, topics); bureaucratic
models, 62 ; consumption and, 13 – 29 ;
cost and, 26 , 27 , 40 , 67 , 102 , 112 ; deter-
rence and, 65 – 69 ; dimensions of, 65 – 68 ,
156 – 62 ; future research, 164 – 66 ; Gatsby
effect, 22 , 51 , 64 , 71 , 73 , 86 , 129 , 164 ;
inconspicuous consumption, 26 , 28 ,
170 n 41 ; international relations and, 1 –
32 , 100 , 157 (see also specific countries,
topics); invidious comparison and (see
invidious comparison); luxury and, 40 ;
material /social, 160 ; pecuniary emula-
tion and (see pecuniary emulation);
power and, 45 (see also power); prestige
and, 3 , 4 , 25 , 28 , 154 ; price and, 19 , 26 ,
27 ; property rights and, 18 ; prosocial-
ity and, 91 , 92 , 100 – 116 , 119 ; rational
choice and, 29 , 158 – 61 ; status symbols
and, 28 ; Veblen effects, 14 , 19 , 25 , 156
(see also Veblenian theory); war and, 18
(see also weapons; and specific conflicts,
countries); waste and, 21 ; weapons and
(see weapons; and specific conflicts,
countries)
constructivist models, 94 , 164
consumption: class and, 16 (see also class
distinctions); communicative act and, 2 ;
conspicuous consumption (see conspicu-
ous consumption); costs and, 51 , 67 ,
171 n 49 ; dimensions of, 27 – 28 ; emula-
tion and, 47 ; excess and, 110 ; externali-
ties, 20 , 21 ; handicaps, 13 ; legislation

and, 40 , 41 ; political decisions, 13 , 154 ;

power and (see power); prestige and,

13 (see also prestige); status symbols

and (see status symbols); taste and, 13 ,

45 ; utilities and, 17 – 19 ; war and, 154

(see also wars); waste and, 110. See also

specific persons, topics

counter- Veblen effect, 170 n 41

Cuba, 48

cultural capital, 173 n 13

Cultural Theory of International Relations,

A (Lebow), 5

DAC. See Development Aid Committee

Dari- Mattiacci, Giuseppe, 41

Darwin, Charles, 14 , 38 , 109 , 181 n 17

Delisle, Joseph- Nicholas, 139

demand theory, 13 , 19 , 20 , 26

Derrida, Jacques, 107

Development Aid Committee (DAC), 116 ,

118

De Waal, Frans, 104

Diehl, Paul F., 91 – 92

diffusion, 39 , 51

dominance, 105 – 9

Eaton, Curtis, 23

Egypt, 97

Eichenber, Richard, 62 , 171 n 49

Elephant King metaphor, 1 , 3

emerging powers, 45 , 117 n 17. See also spe­

cific countries

emulation, 22 , 47 , 50

English School, 168 n 18

environmental legislation, 135

Eswaran, Mukesh, 23

evolution, 14 , 38 , 109 – 10 , 181 n 17

expertise, 53

exploitation hypothesis, 113

externalities: Big Science and, 130 – 31 ; con-

sumption and, 19 – 23 , 88 , 133 , 154 ; gift

economy and, 106 ; space program and,

124 ; vicarious utility, 93

Eyre, Dana P., 46 , 47

Falklands War, 73 – 75 , 100

fashion, 174 n 18

fear, anxiety and, 168 n 22

Fearon, James, 92 , 154 , 155

Festinger, Leon, 106