Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements v
4. Contributors vi
5. Introduction: The Concept of the State in International Relations 1
6. 1. International Law and Statehood: A Performative View 23
7. 2. The State as a Universe of Discourse 48
8. 3. Sovereignty and the Personality of the State 81
9. 4. The State as Urban Myth: Governance without Government in the Global South 108
10. 5. Decolonising Sovereignty: Globalisation and the Return of Hyper-Sovereignty 135
11. 6. The Concept of the State as a Community of Liability 163
12. 7. From Global Governance to Global Stateness 187
13. 8. Open Societies, Cosmopolitanism and the Kelsenian State as a Safeguard against Nationalism 221
14. Index 244