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

Schuett, Robert (EDT)/ Stirk, Peter M. R. (EDT)

Edinburgh University Press（2016/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474414944
• DDC分類 327

Full 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.

Contents

Introduction: The Concept of the State in International Relations, Peter M.R. Stirk; Chapter 1: International Law and Statehood: A Performative View, Janis Grzybowski & Martti Koskenniemi; Chapter 2: The State as a Universe of Discourse, Peter J. Steinberger; Chapter 3: Sovereignty and the Personality of the State, Jens Bartelson; Chapter 4: The State as Urban Myth: Governance without Government in the Global South, Oliver Jütersonke and Moncef Kartas; Chapter 5: 'Decolonizing Sovereignty: Globalisation and the Return of Hyper-Sovereignty', John M. Hobson; Chapter 6: The Concept of the State as a Community of Liability, Peter M.R. Stirk; Chapter 7: From Global Governance to Global Stateness, William E. Scheuerman; Conclusion: Open Societies, Cosmopolitanism, and the State as a Safeguard against Nationalism, Robert Schuett