Price loading...

Restraining Power through Institutions: A Unifying Theme for Domestic and International Politics

International

Price data last checked 108 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

This book challenges the traditional view that meaningful analogies cannot be drawn between domestic and international politics. Alexandru V. Grigorescu shows that there are important parallels to be drawn across these two realms, if political interactions among states over the past two centuries are compared to those within states going back about a thousand years. He focuses specifically on the evolution of institutions that restrain concentrated power, such as courts, assemblies, and bureaucracies. Restraining Power through Institutions begins by developing a set of theoretical arguments about the emergence, change, and consolidation of institutional restraints on power. These are primarily derived from literature focusing on domestic politics going back to events such as those surrounding the signing of the Magna Carta and the emergence and evolution of the Curia Regis in England, or of the Estates General and Parlements in France. It then assesses the relevance of such arguments for the evolution of numerous international institutions: international courts, such as the Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Court of Justice, and International Criminal Court; international assemblies and parliaments, such as the Assembly of the League of Nations, UN General Assembly; and European Parliament; and international secretariats, such as those of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, League of Nations, UN, and World Bank. The similarities between developments in the domestic and international realms lead to a number of important conclusions about future expectations for international institutions and for world politics more broadly. In particular, the book argues that complementing the traditional focus on efforts to acquire power with the "Lockean" focus on restraining power offers a more complete depiction of international politics. This novel perspective consequently shifts the focus from the interests and actions of a handful of powerful states to those of virtually all states and groups of states, regardless of how powerful they are.

Product Specifications

Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0192863681
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Law > International
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 31 October 2023
Listed Since: 03 May 2023

Barcode

No barcode data available

Restraining Power through Institutions: A Unifying Theme for Domestic and International Politics

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Separating Powers: International Law before National Courts

International Organization in the Anarchical Society: The Institutional Structure of World Order (Palgrave Studies in International Relations)

The Concertation Impulse in World Politics: Contestation over Fundamental Institutions and the Constrictions of Institutionalist International Relations

Global Governance in Transformation: Challenges for International Cooperation

Routledge Parliamentary Institutions in Regional Governance

Power in a Complex Global System

Routledge - Institutional Supports for the International Rule of Law

The Ebb and Flow of Global Governance: Intergovernmentalism versus Nongovernmentalism in World Politics

The Development of Global Legislative Politics: Rousseau and Locke Writ Global: 3 (Trust, 3)

Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations: Regional Institutions and the Role of the European Union (Transformations in Governance)

Routledge Handbook on the European Union and International Institutions: Performance, Policy, Power

The Privileges and Immunities of International Organizations in Domestic Courts (International Law and Domestic Legal Orders)

The Institutional Topology of International Regime Complexes: Mapping Inter-Institutional Structures in Global Governance (Transformations in Governance)

Politics and Power in the Multinational Corporation: The Role of Institutions, Interests and Identities

The Institution of International Order: From the League of Nations to the United Nations (Routledge Studies in Modern History)

Oxford University Press - Rise of International Parliaments

Oxford University Press - The Constitutionalization of International Law

The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Authority (Security and Governance)

Institutional Supports for the International Rule of Law (Challenges of Globalisation)

The State Immunity Controversy in International Law: Private Suits Against Sovereign States in Domestic Courts

Multilateralism and Security Institutions in an Era of Globalization

Multilateralism and Security Institutions in an Era of Globalization

The Presidentialization of Political Parties: Organizations, Institutions and Leaders

Institutional Cosmopolitanism