Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
Contents |
Cover -- The Myth of International Order -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Incapable Yet Central -- 2. The Self-â#x80;#x8B;Undermining State -- 3. Europe as an Other -- 4. Restaging the State -- 5. Sympathy for the Neoliberal -- 6. Origins of Anarchy -- 7. Suffering Spectators of Development -- 8. Full Circle -- 9. A World of Weak States -- Bibliography |
Summary |
This ambitious book takes on a fundamental political puzzle: most states in the international system are 'weak' states, states unable to monopolize violence or provide public goods, and yet the nation-state remains the primary organizational form for world politics. In addressing this, Arjun Chowdhury shows why states everywhere face popular dissatisfaction with their performance, and why addressing this dissatisfaction - through institutional alternatives to the state like the European Union, or through higher taxation - is so difficult |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
World politics.
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Political stability.
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Political stability.
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World politics.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780190686734 |
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0190686731 |
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