Political and Legal
This book is a spirited attack on "excessive faith in the efficacy of international law."
Simmons offers an extraordinarily rich and sophisticated argument about why, when, and how the emerging framework of international law constrains states.
In this pioneering work, Lake argues that hierarchical relations are best seen as bargained relationships in which the dominant state provides "services" -- such as order, security, and governance -- to subordinate states in return for compliance.
Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein
In this illuminating new collection of essays, Katzenstein and his colleagues hold that civilizations are not global conflict groups so much as malleable cultural identities that orient the ideas and practices of states and peoples.
Edited by Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Joel P. Trachman
This fascinating volume poses the question, Is it useful to think of the sprawling system of global governance as a sort of "constitution" for the world?
