Hegemony and Sovereign Equality The Interest Contiguity Theory in International Relations /

• Main Author: Balogun, M. J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political philosophy.; Philosophy, Asian.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Political Philosophy.; Non-Western Philosophy.

The “interest contiguity theory,” which is the book’s centerpiece, holds that rather than a smooth, one-way cruise through history, humankind’s journey from the inception to the present has brought him/her face to face with broadly three types of interests. The first is the individual interest, whic...

Table of Contents:

• The Individual, the State and International Relations: Towards an Interest Contiguity Theory of Parallel and Competing Sovereignties
• The Individual as the Origin and Purpose of Sovereignty
• The State’s claim to obedience.- External effects and the supranational sovereign
• From the League of Foes to the United Nations: A Brief History of Internationalism
• United Nations: Evolution, Structure and Dominant Challenges.- Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in a Lawless World.- Towards a genuinely a New World Order.