Hierarchy in International Relations (eBook)

David A. Lake (Autor)

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2011
248 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-5769-2 (ISBN)

Infos

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in International Relations, David A. Lake challenges this traditional view, demonstrating that states exercise authority over one another in international hierarchies that vary historically but are still pervasive today.Revisiting the concepts of authority and sovereignty, Lake offers a novel view of international relations in which states form social contracts that bind both dominant and subordinate members. The resulting hierarchies have significant effects on the foreign policies of states as well as patterns of international conflict and cooperation. Focusing largely on U.S.-led hierarchies in the contemporary world, Lake provides a compelling account of the origins, functions, and limits of political order in the modern international system.The book is a model of clarity in theory, research design, and the use of evidence. Motivated by concerns about the declining international legitimacy of the United States following the Iraq War, Hierarchy in International Relations offers a powerful analytic perspective that has important implications for understanding America's position in the world in the years ahead.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: declining international legitimacy of the United States • Diplomacy • Foreign Policies • Foreign Relations • global political economies • handbook of international relations • Hobbesian state of nature • international hierarchies • International Political Theory • International Politics • international politics strategy • international politic students • International Relations • International Relations Theory • intro to international relations • logics of hierarchy • order in world politics • political authority • political economies • political nature of authority • Political Science • political science student • political sovereignty • political theory • Power and Interdependence • scholars of international relations • Social Theory of International Politics • sovereignty studies • studying american foreign policy • studying international politics • studying international relations • Theory of International Politics • United States Foreign Policy • United States Foreign Relations • world political economy • World Politics
• ISBN-10: 0-8014-5769-6 / 0801457696
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-5769-2 / 9780801457692