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Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World

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Paperback | 17 May 1993

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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.

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'This is an important book which ought to be read by all scholars studying Third World states ... What Jackson does so well in this book is highlight the contradictory strands of theory and practice in world politics.' Politikon 'Robert Jackson has written a clever and subtle account of the incorporation of Third World countries, after decolonization, into the state system ... bringing the Third World into the theoretical mainstream and demonstrating that the normative superstructure of the state system is itself a potent source of Third World behaviour, both nationally and also domestically.' Journal of Modern Asian Studies 'Robert Jackson's illuminating study adds considerably to our understanding of the diverse and complex practices that are so often conflated as a simple claim to sovereignity. It is a major addition to a burgeoning literature that has begun to treat sovereignity as a multidimensional and strenuously contested puzzle rather than a simple fact of life.' R. B. J. Walker, Canadian Journal of Political Science

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
States and Quasi-States	p. 13
Prologue	p. 13
International constitutional change	p. 16
States and quasi-states	p. 21
Negative sovereignty and positive sovereignty	p. 26
A New Sovereignty Regime	p. 32
Sovereign statehood	p. 32
The old sovereignty game	p. 34
A new sovereignty game	p. 40
A novel international framework	p. 47
Sovereignty Regimes in History	p. 50
Sovereignty: fact or norm?	p. 50
The dual aspect of the states-system	p. 54
A natural law regime?	p. 55
The classical positive sovereignty regime	p. 59
The 'sacred trust' of civilization	p. 71
The constitution of negative sovereignty	p. 74
Evolution, restoration or innovation?	p. 78
Independence by Right	p. 82
The revolt against the West	p. 82
Evolutionary decolonization	p. 86
Decolonization and development	p. 91
Accelerated decolonization	p. 95
Precipitous decolonization	p. 98
Internationalization	p. 102
Sovereignty and Development	p. 109
The destitute image of the Third World	p. 109
International development assistance	p. 112
International development law	p. 118
Third World debt crisis	p. 124
International affirmative action?	p. 131
The dilemma of quasi-states	p. 135
Sovereign Rights Versus Human Rights	p. 139
The uncivil image of the Third World	p. 139
Civilization and human rights	p. 140
Decolonization, authoritarianism and refugees	p. 147
Self-determination as sovereign rights	p. 151
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	p. 154
International civility and domestic incivility	p. 159
Quasi-States and International Theory	p. 164
Classical paradigms of international thought	p. 164
Quasi-states and the theory of survival	p. 167
Quasi-states and the theory of progress	p. 173
Quasi-states and international justice	p. 179
Conclusion	p. 189
The future of quasi-states	p. 189
Institutional fate	p. 198
Notes	p. 203
Index	p. 219
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