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Sovereignty
Stephen D. Krasner
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Description for Sovereignty
Paperback. The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. This book contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Throughout history, rulers have been motivated by a desire to stay in power, not by some abstract adherence to international principles. Organized hypocrisy--the presence of longstanding norms that are frequently violated--has been an enduring attribute of international relations Political leaders have usually but not always honored international legal sovereignty, ... Read more
The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Throughout history, rulers have been motivated by a desire to stay in power, not by some abstract adherence to international principles. Organized hypocrisy--the presence of longstanding norms that are frequently violated--has been an enduring attribute of international relations Political leaders have usually but not always honored international legal sovereignty, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691007113
SKU
V9780691007113
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About Stephen D. Krasner
Stephen D. Krasner is the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and a Senior Fellow in the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of Defending the National Interest: Raw Material Investments and U.S. Foreign Policy (Princeton) and Structural Conflict: The Third World Against Global Liberalism, and is the editor of International Regimes.
Reviews for Sovereignty
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 "Stephen Krasner played a key role in transforming state sovereignty from a neorealist presumption into an object of sustained inquiry. Thus his new book is particularly noteworthy... Keeping different kinds of sovereignty straight is crucial to the study of international relations, whether at the hands of neorealists or constructivists, nonliberal institutionalists, or ... Read more