This new edition of a classic text, comprehensively revised
throughout, appraises the emerging challenges to the centrality of
the nation-state international system, such as humanitarianism,
environmentalism, new international legal standards, and concepts
such as civil society and globalism. As inter-governmental and
international non-governmental activities are increasingly being
blended, for example in the area of peace-keeping, this poses a
challenge to the sanctity of the territorial state as the primary
political unit. Similarly, technological and social changes such as
the emergence of the Internet, encourages borderless activities
(both legal and illegal) by non-state actors. This book provides
the basis for students to consider a thorough rethinking of our
international system and its prospects for the future in the face
of these fundamental and unprecedented developments.
While the book as a whole is built around the unifying theme of
the management of cooperation, illustrative cases enhance the
individual chapters and provide the basis for comparative analysis
and discussion. These take the reader through the tangled webs of
international cooperation in such areas as the European Union,
NATO, humanitarian intervention, arms control, transnational
criminal organizations, and global environmental issues. Discussion
questions at the end of each chapter add to the usefulness of this
text for students.
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