LEADER 03913nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910812606103321 005 20240514060914.0 010 $a1-283-34476-9 010 $a9786613344762 010 $a0-226-03137-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226031378 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065682 035 $a(EBL)803588 035 $a(OCoLC)767502435 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551374 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12243301 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551374 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10542145 035 $a(PQKB)10611279 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC803588 035 $a(DE-B1597)523686 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226031378 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL803588 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514893 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL334476 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065682 100 $a20110705d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGood fences, bad neighbors $eborder fixity and international conflict /$fBoaz Atzili 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-03136-5 311 $a0-226-03135-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe theory and practice of borders -- Which wars make the state and which states make war -- Preconditions to state building: making the case for comparison -- State building and state weakness before border fixity: Brandenburg-Prussia, Argentina, and Poland-Lithuania -- State building and state weakness in a fixed-borders world: Lebanon, Congo and Israel -- State weakness and international conflict in a fixed-borders world. 330 $aBorder 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, with the absence of border fixity contributing to the evolution of strong states-and its presence to the survival of weak ones. What results from this norm, he argues, are conditions that make internal conflict and the spillover of interstate war more likely. Using a comparison of historical and contemporary case studies, Atzili sheds light on the relationship between state weakness and conflict. His argument that under some circumstances an international norm that was established to preserve the peace may actually create conditions that are ripe for war is sure to generate debate and shed light on the dynamics of continuing conflict in the twenty-first century. 606 $aBoundaries$xPolitical aspects 606 $aNation-building 610 $aborders, international, conflict, conquest, annexation, homeland, territory, politics, democracy, diplomacy, war, stability, peace, nonfiction, history, instability, state building, competition, boundaries, nation, brandenburg, prussia, argentina, poland, lithuania, lebanon, congo, israel, balkans, middle east, africa, national identity, coup, allegiance, military, invasion. 615 0$aBoundaries$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aNation-building. 676 $a320.1/2 700 $aAtzili$b Boaz$01620558 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812606103321 996 $aGood fences, bad neighbors$93953402 997 $aUNINA