Quasi-States
Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World

Professor Robert Jackson develops an original interpretation of Third World underdevelopment, explaining it in terms of international relations and law.

Robert H. Jackson (Author)

9780521447836, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 March 1993

240 pages
22.7 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.4 kg

'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

In this book, Professor Robert Jackson develops an original interpretation of Third World underdevelopment, explaining it in terms of international relations and law. He describes Third World countries as 'quasi-states', arguing that they are states in name only, demonstrating how international changes during the post-1945 period made it possible for many quasi-states to be created and to survive despite the fact that they are usually inefficient, illegitimate and domestically unstable.

Introduction
1. States and quasi-states
2. A new sovereignty regime
3. Sovereignty regimes in history
4. Independence by right
5. Sovereignty and development
6. Sovereign rights versus development
7. Quasi-states and international history
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]