The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have ...
The book's basic analytic assumption is that there is a distinction between state and society. "Defending the National Interest" shows that the problem for political analysis is how to identify the underlying social structure and the political mechanisms through which particular societal groups determine the government's behavior.
Since the 1970s, international political economy and international relations have become increasingly sophisticated, both empirically and theoretically. Realist, liberalist and constructivist theorists have developed research programmes that yield insights into some of the most perplexing areas of international politics: the interplay between ...
Stephen Krasner has been one of the most influential theorists within international relations and international political economy over the past few decades. "Power, the State, and Sovereignty" is a collection of his key scholarly works. The book includes both a framing introduction written for this volume, and a concluding essay examining the ...
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