The concept of the State in international relations : philosophy, sovereignty, cosmopolitanism / edited by Robert Schuett and Peter M. R. Stirk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuett, Robert, Author.

Contributor:

Schuett, Robert, editor.

Stirk, Peter M. R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

International relations.

Sovereignty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides a collection of essays that, between them, offer a critical reassessment of the concepts of the state and sovereignty in international relations theory. Featuring contributions from some of the most reputed theorists on the subject, this book provides a coherent and, at the same time, distinctively pluralist set of original reflections on the role and nature of the state. It considers the concept of sovereignty and the challenges of globalisation and cosmopolitanism.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-0872-9

0-7486-9363-7

1-78539-059-7