The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States

by Robert Jackson and Robert Jackson

Book Overview

The Global Covernant is a ground-breaking work by one of the leading scholars in international relations that rejuvenates the classical international society approach, and brings it into contact with the new era of world politics. It investigates the most important international issues of our time, including peace and security, war and intervention, human rights, failed states, territories and boundaries, and democracy. It draws on a family of closely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199262012
• ISBN13: 9780199262014
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Eye-opening view of international relations

This book introduced me to a host of new ideas and issues concerning international relations. Easy to read, easy to understand. One of the best books I have read on any issue in the last decade. Every chapter gave me a new and challenging way of looking at the world.