World Politics
Progress and its Limits
Erschienen am 24. Juni 2013
184 Seiten
978-0-7456-7775-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new worldorder in which the sovereign state would be held to democraticaccount, fundamental rights would be respected, and conflict wouldbe replaced by cooperation based on the rule of law. At the startof the new millenium most of this optimism has evaporated.
This book examines why it is so difficult to improve standards ofinternational behaviour and explores the pre-conditions for anyrealistic attempt to do so. It discusses three major issues thathave dominated international debate over the past decade: thetension between sovereignty and national self-determination; theproblems associated with the attempt to spread democracy around theworld; and the desirability of external intervention in ethnic andreligious conflicts.
Rejecting both the unfounded optimism of the early 1990s and thecynical pessimism of more recent years, Professor Mayall points tothe strong elements of continuity in international life. Heconcludes that international society is unlikely to be successfullyreformed if governments continue to will progressive ends whilstevading responsibility for their actions.
This book examines why it is so difficult to improve standards ofinternational behaviour and explores the pre-conditions for anyrealistic attempt to do so. It discusses three major issues thathave dominated international debate over the past decade: thetension between sovereignty and national self-determination; theproblems associated with the attempt to spread democracy around theworld; and the desirability of external intervention in ethnic andreligious conflicts.
Rejecting both the unfounded optimism of the early 1990s and thecynical pessimism of more recent years, Professor Mayall points tothe strong elements of continuity in international life. Heconcludes that international society is unlikely to be successfullyreformed if governments continue to will progressive ends whilstevading responsibility for their actions.
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James Mayall is Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. He has written widely on nationalism, international society, and Africa's international relations.
Inhalt
Acknowledgements ix
Abbreviations xi
Prologue 1
Part I: International Society
1 Origins and Structure 11
2 The Modernization of International Society 17
3 A New Solidarism? 26
Part II: Sovereignty
4 Nationalism 39
5 Self-determination 53
6 Reappraisal 67
Part III: Democracy
7 Historical Antecedents and Cultural
Preconditions 81
8 International Law and the Instruments of
Foreign Policy 94
9 Pluralism and Solidarism Revisited 106
Part IV: Intervention
10 Intervention in Liberal International Theory 123
11 Humanitarian Intervention in the 1990s 134
Epilogue 149
Notes 158
Index 165
Abbreviations xi
Prologue 1
Part I: International Society
1 Origins and Structure 11
2 The Modernization of International Society 17
3 A New Solidarism? 26
Part II: Sovereignty
4 Nationalism 39
5 Self-determination 53
6 Reappraisal 67
Part III: Democracy
7 Historical Antecedents and Cultural
Preconditions 81
8 International Law and the Instruments of
Foreign Policy 94
9 Pluralism and Solidarism Revisited 106
Part IV: Intervention
10 Intervention in Liberal International Theory 123
11 Humanitarian Intervention in the 1990s 134
Epilogue 149
Notes 158
Index 165
