Quasi-States: Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 12)

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" and contrasts it with what he sees as the "positive sovereignty" that emerged in Europe along with the modern state. Within this structure, he examines how negative sovereignty arose, and its mechanisms and consequences for both international politics and the domestic conditions of quasi-states. He concludes by assessing the future of quasi-states and the institution of negative sovereignty. "In this book, Professor Robert Jackson develops an original interpretation of Third World underdevelopment, explaining it in terms of international relations and law. He describes these countries as 'quasi-states', arguing that they are states in name only. He demonstrates how international changes during the post-1945 period made it possible for many quasi-states to be created and to survive despite the fact they are usually inefficient, illegitimate and domestically unstable. Book jacket."--Jacket Title Copyright CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION STATES AND QUASI-STATES A NEW SOVEREIGNTYREGIME SOVEREIGNTY REGIMESIN HISTORY INDEPENDENCE BY RIGHT SOVEREIGNTY ANDDEVELOPMENT SOVEREIGN RIGHTSVERSUS HUMAN RIGHTS QUASI-STATES ANDINTERNATIONAL THEORY CONCLUSION NOTES INDEX Develops an interpretation of Third World underdevelopment, in terms of international relations and law. The work also examines the birth and survival of Third World nations since the end of World War II, describing these countries as "quasi-states", argui Let us begin with a brief imaginary journey in our time machine and interview a man in the street in 1936.