Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International Conflict

by Boaz Atzili

Book Overview

Border fixity--the proscription of foreign conquest and the annexation of homeland territory--has, since World War II, become a powerful norm in world politics. This development has been said to increase stability and peace in international relations. Yet, in a world in which it is unacceptable to challenge international borders by force, sociopolitically weak states remain a significant source of widespread conflict, war, and instability.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226031357
• ISBN13: 9780226031354
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages