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

Concept of the State in International Relations: Philosophy, Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism
ISBN-10
1474405053
ISBN-13
9781474405058
Category
Political Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015-01-22
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
Robert Schuett

Description

The 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 by both advocates of the sovereign state and its critics. This volume counters this trend. It systematically considers the nature of the state, the concept of sovereignty and the challenges globalisation and cosmopolitanism. Featuring contributions from some of the most reputed theorists of the state, the essays in this collection give you a coherent and, at the same time, distinctively pluralist set of original reflections on the role and nature of the state.

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