Background
Mayall, James Barosley Lawson was born on April 14, 1937 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Son of Robert Cecil and Rhoda Ann Mayall.
(What is meant by international society? On what principle...)
What is meant by international society? On what principles is the notion of international society based? How has the notion of nationalism influenced its evolution? In this book James Mayall addresses these questions and sheds important new light on the issues of nation and international society by bringing together subjects that have hitherto been examined separately. Three central themes run throughout the study. First, the challenge posed to previous conceptions of international society and order by the principle of national self-determination. Secondly, the relationship between national and liberal ideas about the organization of political and economic relations between states. And thirdly, the merging of the economic and political aspects of nationalist thought in recent claims by Third World states on the international community.
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(At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new ...)
At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rights would be respected, and conflict would be replaced by cooperation based on the rule of law. At the start of the new millenium most of this optimism has evaporated. This book examines why it is so difficult to improve standards of international behaviour and explores the pre--conditions for any realistic attempt to do so. It discusses three major issues that have dominated international debate over the past decade: the tension between sovereignty and national self--determination; the problems associated with the attempt to spread democracy around the world; and the desirability of external intervention in ethnic and religious conflicts. Rejecting both the unfounded optimism of the early 1990s and the cynical pessimism of more recent years, Professor Mayall points to the strong elements of continuity in international life. He concludes that international society is unlikely to be successfully reformed if governments continue to will progressive ends whilst evading responsibility for their actions.
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Mayall, James Barosley Lawson was born on April 14, 1937 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Son of Robert Cecil and Rhoda Ann Mayall.
Professor international relations London School of Economics and Political Sciences, 1991—1998, professor emeritus, since 1998. Sir Patrick Sheehy professor international relations and director Center International Studies University Cambridge, since 1998. Fellow Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, since 1998, vice master, since 2003.
Fellow British Academy, since 2001. Member council Royal Institute International Affairs, 1992—1998. Academy advisor commonwealth policy unit Institute Commonwealth Studies University London, since 1999, member advisory board Institute Commonwealth Studies, since 2002.
With Queens Own Regiment, 1955-1957.
(What is meant by international society? On what principle...)
(At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new ...)
Member of Association Study Ethnicity and Nationalism (president 1995-1998, vice president since 1998).
Married Margaret Berry Standing, February 1964 (divorced September 1991). Married Avril Doris Whalley-Bernard, December 23, 1991.