The Limits of Independence

by Adam Watson

Book Overview

Nation states are not as independent as they seem. In The Limits of Independence, Adam Watson explores how independence of action is limited by both a tightening net of interdependence between countries and by the rules which the 'international society of states' has put in place to manage order and change. He also argues that the external and internal behaviour of independent states is increasingly determined by the influence of the richest and strongest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415158117
• ISBN13: 9780415158114
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.7"