Good Fences, Bad Neighbors : Border Fixity and International Conflict.
Border fixity - the proscription of foreign conquest and the annexation of homeland territory - has, since World War II, become a powerful norm in world politics. This development has been said to increase stability and peace in international relations. Yet, in a world in which it is unacceptable to...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Border fixity - the proscription of foreign conquest and the annexation of homeland territory - has, since World War II, become a powerful norm in world politics. This development has been said to increase stability and peace in international relations. Yet, in a world in which it is unacceptable to challenge international borders by force, sociopolitically weak states remain a significant source of widespread conflict, war, and instability. In this book, Boaz Atzili argues that the process of state building has long been influenced by external territorial pressures and competition, wit. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (310 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226031378 0226031373 9786613344762 6613344761 1283344769 9781283344760 |