Sovereign equality among states : The history of an idea / Robert Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Robert, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty.

Equality of states.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The rise of the concept that all nations are equal has transformed international relations in the twentieth century, setting radically new terms for the conduct of war and peace, for economic relations, and for the organization of international society. It is the author's belief that uncritical adherence to this concept is a major stumbling block to the reorganization of the world community. This book is the first study of the historical antecedents and philosophical foundations of the concept of sovereign equality. The older concept of great-power primacy pictures states as abstract entities with a fictitious personality. Increasingly challenged since Alexis de Tocqueville, it has been supplanted by the opposing concept of sovereign equality, which was brought to world attention at the Second hague Peace Conference in 1907.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Halle, Louis J.

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Corporate and real persons

2. The rise of the concept of great-power primacy

3. Conflicting concepts in the Western Hemisphere and in Europe 1881-1913

4. Woodrow Wilson and the idea of equality

5. Changing concepts in inter-American relations

6. The idea of equality in regional and international organization

7. Equality in a world of superpowers

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9781487590963

1487590962

9781487589349

1487589344

OCLC:

1088927449