Concept of the State in International Relations

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Concept of the State in International Relations is written by Robert Schuett and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474405053 (ISBN 10) and 9781474405058 (ISBN 13).

The concept of the state plays a central role in international relations, particularly in realist and neo-realist approaches. Yet, the meaning of the state is persistently taken to be self-evident by both advocates of the sovereign state and its critics. This volume counters this trend. It systematically considers the nature of the state, the concept of sovereignty and the challenges globalisation and cosmopolitanism. Featuring contributions from some of the most reputed theorists of the state, the essays in this collection give you a coherent and, at the same time, distinctively pluralist set of original reflections on the role and nature of the state.