Changes in Statehood

GEORG SØRENSEN is Professor of Political Science at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published widely on international relations; recent books include Democracy and Democratization, Democracy, Dictatorship and Development, and with Robert Jackson, Introduction to International Relations.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Argument An Analytical Framework Theories on the Effect of 'International' on 'Domestic' Political-Military Power Shaping Domestic Structures: Homogeneity or Heterogeneity International Norms Shaping Domestic Structures: Homogeneity or Heterogeneity Economic Power Shaping Domestic Structures: Homogeneity or Heterogeneity Types of State in the Present International System Domestic Dimension of Security Dilemmas The Security Dilemma in Post-Colonial States Post-Modern States: From Security Dilemma Towards Challenges to Effective Governance Sovereignty and Changes in Statehood Types of State and International Theory Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

'Changes in Statehood illuminates the complex forces which define the contemporary global political condition. It is a work of serious and engaging scholarship which offers profound insights into the on-going transformation of statehood in the twenty first century. In arguing passionately for the intellectual re-connection of international and domestic political theory Georg Sorensen has produced an innovative work which will surely become required reading for anyone interested in the changing fortunes of the statein global politics and the prospects for a more just and peaceful world order.' - Tony McGrew, Professor of International Relations, Southampton University, UKChanges in Statehood is a tour de force. Georg Sørensen builds an intriguing and sophisticated interpretation of contemporary international relations on the basis of an new and differentiated conception of 'the state.' Changes in Statehood will be important for scholars and useful for students.' - Robert O. Keohane, James B. Duke Professor of Political Science, Duke University'Changes in Statehood is an authoritative exploration of the systematic changes that are transforming both international and domestic politics. Sørensen's enormous contribution is to combine his exceptional clarity of thinking on a broad range of issues with a rare incisiveness of insight. It is a book no serious student of world politics can afford to miss.' - Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter,Jr. of International Studies, Cornell University, USA'Changes in Statehood illuminates the complex forces which definethe contemporary global political condition. It is a work of serious and engaging scholarship which offers profound insights into the on-going transformation of statehood in the twenty first century. In arguing passionately for the intellectual re-connection of international and domestic political theory Georg Sorensen has produced an innovative work which will surely become required reading for anyone interested in the changing fortunes of the statein global politics and the prospects for a more just and peaceful world order.' - Tony McGrew, Professor of International Relations, Southampton University