The community of states : a study in international political theory / edited by James Mayall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mayall, James.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: International Relations

Routledge Library Editions: International Relations ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International organization.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

This volume is a successor volume to The Reason of States . Part 1 discusses ways in which to understand the nature, possibility and limits of community beyond the state. Specific chapters are devoted to the practical attempts of statesmen, lawyers, strategists and economists to devise morally defensible international policies on the basis of interest. Part 3 challenges the conventional morality of states from alternative standpoints: Kantian morality, a reconsideration of the contemporary relevance of natural law, an examination of the concept of responsibility in international politics and an analysis of the role of language in the development of communities. .

Contents:

pt. 1. The contemporary order

pt. 2. The conventional morality of states

pt. 3. Alternative positions.

Notes:

First published in 1982 by George Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-36835-5

1-315-67085-2

1-317-36836-3

9781315670850

OCLC:

923734362