ENGLISH

The Limits of Independence: Relations Between States in the Modern World

By Adam Watson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
ISBN
0415169070, 9780415169073
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
318 kB (325571 bytes)
Pages
176\0
Time added
2023-02-25 16:19:12

Description

Nation states are not as independent as they seem. In The Limits of Independence, Adam Watson explores how independence of action is limited by both a tightening net of interdependence between countries and by the rules which the 'international society of states' has put in place to manage order and change. He also argues that the external and internal behaviour of independent states is increasingly determined by the influence of the richest and strongest powers. After setting out the general framework of restraint imposed on states, Adam Watson details the attempts to limit national sovereignties from Napoleon to the European Union. The Limits of Independence discusses pressures on smaller states and relates reactions against independence to current international theory and the practice of world powers.

Similar books