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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784082603321

Autore

Watson Adam <1914-2007., >

Titolo

The limits of independence : relations between states in the modern world / / Adam Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-70185-3

1-134-70186-1

0-203-44806-5

1-280-10836-3

0-203-26987-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

327.1/01

Soggetti

Nation-state

Nationalism

Self-determination, National

Balance of power

International relations

World politics - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-153) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 The general framework -- chapter 2 The European imbalance or power of the German question -- chapter 3 Decolonization and its consequences -- chapter 4 Size, nationalism and imperial systems -- chapter 5 Standards of civilization and human rights -- chapter 6 Independence and responsibility -- chapter 7 New perspectives on the states system -- chapter 8 The contemporary practice of hegemony.