Review: States in a Changing World
| Author | William Brian Moul |
| Date | 01 March 1996 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209605100113 |
| Published date | 01 March 1996 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
162
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
ing
contradiction
between
increasing
globalization
and the
rise
of
com-
peting
nationalisms,
especially
in
central
Europe.
Cash,
Fitzgerald,
Niblo,
and
Wong
and
Blaskett
examine
relations
within
the
specific
states
of
Northern
Ireland,
China,
Mexico,
and
Malaysia
respectively.
Tickner
considers
the
gendered
nature
of
states,
especially
in
the
pro-
vision
of
security,
while
Richardson
and
Elliot
examine
more
specifically
some
of
the
themes
of
globalization,
such
as
liberalism
and
reflexivity.
Deborah Stienstra/University
of
Winnipeg
STATES
IN
A
CHANGING
WORLD
A
contemporary
analysis
Edited
by
Robert
H.
Jackson
and
Alan
James
Clarendon
Press:
Oxford,
1993,
377PP,
US$3o-oo
Some
who
look
upon
the
processes
of
'globalization' which
draw
peo-
ples
together
more
and
more
closely see
the erosion
of
sovereign
boundaries
and, perhaps,
the
demise
of
the
state.
Jackson
and James
and
their
contributors
do
not.
They
see,
indeed
they
celebrate,
the
strength
of
the
state
institution
and
the
firm
tug
of
regional
politics.
The
clearest
sign
of
strength
during
the
last
fifty
years
is
the
increase
in
the
numbers
of
states
-
more
than
three
times
as
many
today
as
in
1945.
The
pull
of
regional
politics
is
a
direct
consequence
of
the
birth
of
states
and the
demise
of
empires
because
regional
politics today
were
often
inter-
and
intra-imperial matters
yesterday. With
the
end
of
empire
and
the
division
of
the
earth
by
states,
re-divisions
are
unlikely.
The
survey
of
the
experiences
of
states
in
eleven
regions
'strongly
suggests
that
the
vast
majority
of contemporary
states
have
a
very
good
prospect
of
existing
indefinitely
in
their
current
territorial
shapes
and
identities'
(p 24).
These
eleven
brief
essays
form
the
bulk
of
the
book:
Western
Europe
(Puchala),
eastern Europe
(Wallace),
the
Middle
East
and
north
Africa
(Parsons),
sub-saharan
Africa
(Jackson),
south
Asia
(Morris-Jones),
southeast
Asia
(Milne),
northeast
Asia
(Senegal),
Oceania
(Miller),
Latin
America
(Parkman), the Caribbean
(Payne),
and North
America
(Haglund
and
Matthew).
Longer
essays
on
the
political
geog-
raphy
of
states
and
regions
(Knight)
and
on
the
psychological
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