The Concept of the State in International Relations : : Philosophy, Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism /

The Concept of the State in International Relations : : Philosophy, Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism / / Robert Schuett, Peter M. R. Stirk.

A critical reassessment of the concepts of the state and sovereignty in international relations theoryThe concept of the state plays a central role in international relations, particularly in realist and neo-realist approaches. Yet, the meaning of the state is persistently taken to be self-evident b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Schuett, Robert,
Stirk, Peter M. R.,
MitwirkendeR:
Bartelson, Jens,
Grzybowski, Janis,
Hobson, John M.,
Jütersonke, Oliver,
Kartas, Moncef,
Koskenniemi, Martti,
Scheuerman, William E.,
Schuett, Robert,
Steinberger, Peter J.,
Stirk, Peter M. R.,
Stirk, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2015
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: The Concept of the State in International Relations
  • 1. International Law and Statehood: A Performative View
  • 2. The State as a Universe of Discourse
  • 3. Sovereignty and the Personality of the State
  • 4. The State as Urban Myth: Governance without Government in the Global South
  • 5. Decolonising Sovereignty: Globalisation and the Return of Hyper-Sovereignty
  • 6. The Concept of the State as a Community of Liability
  • 7. From Global Governance to Global Stateness
  • 8. Open Societies, Cosmopolitanism and the Kelsenian State as a Safeguard against Nationalism
  • Index

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