Stratified roles are essential for status

What is it about?

The article outlines an integrated framework of status components and shows that stratified roles (such as leaders vs. followers, patrons vs. clients) constitute the most important status hierarchy in international politics. Stakes are higher in conflicts over status roles because such rank differences are starker and involve clear antagonists.

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Why is it important?

The new framework integrates various understandings of status and provides an explicit explanation why state leaders are so easily incensed by the way other governments treat their state. It thus challenges the view that status sensitive governments care most about national status markers and how other governments judge them.

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