Status-seeking is an important aspect of the foreign policies of a number of small states, but one that has been rarely studied. This book aims to contribute to our understanding not only of status-seeking, by coming at that question from a new angle, that of a small state, but also to our understanding of foreign policy, by discussing the importance of status for foreign policy overall.

Introduction: Small States and Status, Iver B. Neumann and Benjamin de Carvalho, Chapter 1: The formative years: Norway as an obsessive status-seeker, Halvard Leira, Chapter 2: Status, small powers, and Significant Others: Re-reading Norway's attraction to Britain in the 20th century, Kristin M. Haugevik Chapter 3: A Great Power Performance: Norway, Status and the Policy of Involvement, Benjamin de Carvalho and Jon Harald Sande Lie, Chapter 4: Status and sovereign equality: Small powers in multilateral settings, Niels Nagelhus Schia and Ole Jacob Sending, Chapter 5: From 'forces for good' to 'forces for status'? Small state military status-seeking, Nina Græger, Chapter 6: Gifts favour the giver: Norway, Status and the Nobel Peace Prize, Ingvild Johnsen, Chapter 7: How to be a 'front-runner': Norway and international climate politics, Bård Lahn and Elana Wilson Rowe, Conclusion: A Small Middle Power, William C. Wohlforth