What is meant by international society? On what principles is the notion of international society based? How has the notion of nationalism influenced its evolution? In this book James Mayall addresses these questions and sheds important new light upon the issues of nation and international society by bringing together subjects which have hitherto been examined separately. Mayall locates his study within a theoretical discussion of the relationship between the ideas of nationalism and international society, maintaining that it is one of challenge and accommodation. He then explores three central issues. First, the manner in which nationalism has created new states and pushed the boundaries of international society outwards. Second, how the confrontation between nationalist and liberal ideas about international economic relations has impelled state activity downward into the lives of ordinary people and outward into the international political economy. And third, the way Third World nationalism has reacted against the postwar international economic order but has been unable to alter it in its favour. Nationalism and international society will be of interest to specialists and students of international relations with special reference to nationalism and sovereignty, and to modern historians of world order, decolonisation and economic nationalism.
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"This prominent remergence of ethnic nationalism in Eastern Europe and Central Asia provides an excellent background to and argument for the importance of this book." Choice
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The meaning of 'international society', the principles on which it is based, and the way in which the notion of nationalism has influenced international society are discussed by James Mayall. In a theoretical discussion of the relationship between the ideas of nationalism and international society he maintains that it is one of challenge and accommodation.
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- EditoreCambridge University Press
- Data di pubblicazione1990
- ISBN 10 0521373123
- ISBN 13 9780521373128
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine181
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