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

Robert H. Jackson
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 3/18/1993
EAN 9780521447836, ISBN10: 0521447836

Paperback, 238 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

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 Third World countries as 'quasi-states', arguing that they are states in name only, demonstrating how international changes during the post-1945 period made it possible for many quasi-states to be created and to survive despite the fact that they are usually inefficient, illegitimate and domestically unstable.

Introduction
1. States and quasi-states
2. A new sovereignty regime
3. Sovereignty regimes in history
4. Independence by right
5. Sovereignty and development
6. Sovereign rights versus development
7. Quasi-states and international history
Conclusion.