Quasi-States: Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World

by Robert H. Jackson

Book Overview

Robert Jackson examines the birth and survival of Third World nations since the end of the Second World War. He describes these countries as quasi-states, arguing that they exist more by the support and indulgence of the international community than by the abilities and efforts of their own governments and peoples. He investigates the international normative framework that upholds sovereign statehood in the Third World. This he calls negative sovereignty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521447836
• ISBN13: 9780521447836
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"