The twilight of the nation state : globalisation, chaos and war / by Jha, Prem Shankar

Table of Contents: “…Two views of the future -- Four cycles of capital accumulation -- The onset of systematic chaos -- Seven explanations for the end of the golden age -- The rise of global capitalism -- The end of organised (national) capitalism -- Disorganisation of the periphery -- Undermining economic sovereignty -- Growing obsolescence of the nation state -- Rehearsal for empire -- The end of the Westphalian order -- Struggle for hegemony -- Loss of hegemony -- Towards darkness.…”
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The realist tradition in international relations : the foundation of Western order by Zellen, Barry Scott, 1963-

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Neo-medievalism and civil wars

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Taming the sovereigns : institutional change in international politics by Holsti, K. J. (Kalevi Jaakko), 1935-

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Identities, borders, orders : rethinking international relations theory

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the borders of order : democracy beyond the nation-state? /…”
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Identities, borders, orders : rethinking international relations theory

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the borders of order : democracy beyond the nation-state? /…”
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Dangerous democracies and partying prime ministers : domestic political contexts and foreign policy by Atkinson, Chad, 1973-

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Nations as Zones of Conflict. by J. H. (J. Hutchinson)

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The state, identity and violence : political disintegration in the post-Cold War world

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The limits of independence : relations between states in the modern world by Watson, Adam, 1914-2007

Subjects: “…Nation-state.…”
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Foreign policy in global information space : actualizing soft power by Chong, Alan (Alan Chia Siong)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Nation-state foreign policy amidst globalization -- Toward a changing environment for foreign policy: nation-state, globalization and information as political power -- Global information space, discursive community, and soft power -- Soft power in foreign policy -- Leadership in foreign policy, from inside-out and outside-in: Singaporean foreign policy and the Asian values debate, 1992-2000 -- The intermestic politics of foreign policy: Chilean foreign policy and the Pinochet extradition controversy, 1998-2000 -- Conclusion: Soft power foreign policy--creation spinning re-creation.…”
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Commercium : critical theory from a cosmopolitan point of view by Milstein, Brian, 1976-

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On Building Peace by Von der Schulenburg, Michael

Table of Contents: “…3.3 The Loss of Innocence of the United Nations4 Rescuing the Nation-State; 4.1 The Nation-State and Peacebuilding; 4.2 The Nation-State and Belligerent Nonstate Actors; 4.3 The Nation-State and Peace Agreements; 5 Building Peace on Collective Security; 5.1 Restoring the Primacy of the UN Charter; 5.2 Expanding the Mandate of the UN Charter; 5.3 Broadening Collective UN Decision-Making Processes; 6 Striking a New Grand Bargain for Global Peace and Security; 6.1 Fears of a Global Power Vacuum; 6.2 Prospect of Preserving Democratic Values; 6.3 Risks of Fighting the Last Wars…”
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Politics and globalisation : knowledge, ethics, and agency

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Global citizenship : a critical introduction

Table of Contents: “…Globalisation and Cosmopolitan DemocracyA Critical View on Cosmopolitan Democracy; The Continuing Relevance of the Nation-State; Why We Need a Strong and Democratic Civil Society; Questions; Notes; 9 The UN and Global Citizenship; Origin and Development; International Peace and Security; Humanitarian Assistance: Disasters, Refugees and Rights; Science, Economic Cooperation and Development; Reform and Democratisation of the UN?…”
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The International Game of Power : Past, Present and Future. by Bernholz, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Limited Aims: The Nation State; 2. Expansionist Aims: The Nation State and Economic Interests; 3. …”
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Competing sovereignties by Joyce, Richard John, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the crisis of modern sovereignty -- Modern sovereignty and the nation state : a failure of grounds -- Autopositioning : the groundless ground of modern sovereignty -- The constitutive function of relation -- The relation of sovereigns at the national and international levels : India and the WTO -- The relation of sovereigns at the international, national and local levels.…”
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The Christian-Muslim frontier : a zone of contact, conflict, or cooperation by Apostolov, Mario

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 The concept of the Christian-Muslim frontier as a zone of contact; 2 The history of the Christian-Muslim frontier; 3 Modern nation states and the frontier; 4 Interspersing communities and the postmodern functional frontier; 5 Geopolitics of the frontier; 6 The Christian-Muslim frontier as a psychological phenomenon; 7 The international security dimension of the frontier; 8 The economic dimension of the frontier; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Rethinking Europe's Future. by Calleo, David P.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter One: Old Europe and New Europe; Part One: Europe's Living History; Chapter Two: Competing Lessons of World War I; Chapter Three: Europe's States and State System; Chapter Four: From States to Nation States; Chapter Five: The Nation State and Capitalism; Part Two: Legacies of the Cold War; Chapter Six: The Three Postwar Systems: An Overview; Chapter Seven: Bipolar Europe; Chapter Eight: Confederal Europe: From Rome to Maastricht; Chapter Nine: Europe in the Global Economy; Chapter Ten: Cold War Lessons, Old and New.…”
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The discipline of Western supremacy by Pijl, Kees van der

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Carl Schmitt and the intensification of politics by Shapiro, Kam

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The fundamental principles of international relations by Rochester, J. Martin

Table of Contents: “…The historical development of the International system : from the birth of the nation-state to globalization -- pt. 2. Foreign policy and international politics : the dynamocs of conflict and cooperation -- 3. …”
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The New Geo-Governance : a Baroque Approach. by Paquet, Gilles

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Global Modernities. by Featherstone, Mike

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Sovereign lives : power in global politics

Table of Contents: “…Connolly -- Correlating sovereign and biopower / Michael Dillon -- Time for politics / Erin Manning -- On the "triple frontier" and the "borderization" of Argentina / Guillermina Seri -- The Nation-State and violence / Michael J. Shapiro -- Killing Canadians / Patricia Molloy -- Fictional development sovereignties / Christine Sylvester -- Creating/negotiating interstices / Karena Shaw -- Ebola takes to the road / Jorge Fernandes -- In search of agency / Jasmina Husanovic -- Sovereignties, exceptions, worlds / R.B.J. …”
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Crime wars : the global intersection of crime, political violence and international law by Battersby, Paul, 1961-

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Debating public diplomacy : now and next

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Nomads, empires, states by Pijl, Kees van der

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Indigenous diplomacies

Table of Contents: “…Franke -- Indigenous diplomacies before the nation-state / Ravi de Costa -- A "revolution within a revolution": indigenous women's diplomacies / Laura Parisi and Jeff Corntassel -- Achievements of indigenous self-determination: the case of Sami parliaments in Finland and Norway / Rauna Kuokkanen -- Coming in from the cold: Inuit diplomacy and global citizenship / Frances Abele and Thierry Rodon -- Between the leader of virtù and the good savage: indigenous struggles and life projects in the Amazon basin / Marcela Vecchione Gonçalves -- Aboriginal diplomacy: the queen comes to Canada and coyote goes to London / Keith Thor Carlson -- Inuit transnational activism: cooperation and resistance in the face of global change / Heather A. …”
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The Social Politics of Medieval Diplomacy : Anglo-German Relations (1066-1307).

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Questioning geopolitics : political projects in a changing world-system

Table of Contents: “…McWorld -- Formations of Globality and Radical Politics -- FROM NATIONAL STATES TO REGIONAL NETWORKS? -- The Rhineland, European Union, and Regionalism in the World Economy -- Slipping into Something More Comfortable: Argentine- Brazilian Nuclear Integration and the Origins of the MERCOSUR -- Mutual Benefit? …”
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Nation-building : a key concept for peaceful conflict transformation?

Table of Contents: “…Obi -- Between projectitis and the formation of countervailing power : NGOs in nation-building processes / Jeanette Schade -- External nation-building vs endogenous nation-forming : a development policy perspective / Ulrike Hopp and Adolf Kloke-Lesch -- Nation-building : a strategy for regional stabilisation and conflict prevention / Helmut van Edig -- Nation-building : possibilities and limitations of external military contributions / Heinz-Uwe Schäfer -- Nation-states for export? : nation-building between military intervention, crisis prevention, and development policy / Jochen Hippler.…”
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Nationalism and modernism : a critical survey of recent theories of nations and nationalism by Smith, Anthony D.

Table of Contents: “…; The social base of nationalism; Internal colonialism; Ethno-regionalism; Elite strategies of 'rational choice'; Interest and passion; 4 State and nation; Sources of political modernism; The reflexive state; The nation beyond the state; Nations and the inter-state order; The state and war; A political theory of nationalism?; State and society: bridging the gulf?; Identity and politics.…”
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Justifying International Acts by Brilmayer, Lea

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Public diplomacy at home : domestic dimensions by Huijgh, Ellen

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The ethics of peacebuilding by Murithi, Timothy

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Beyond confrontation : globalists, nationalists and their discontents by Mullan, Phil

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A world of regions : Asia and Europe in the American imperium by Katzenstein, Peter J.

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The battle for the mind : war and peace in the era of mass communication by Messinger, Gary S., 1943-

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American umpire by Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth

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