Regime Change: From Democratic Peace Theories to Forcible Regime Change (Nijhoff Law Specials, 84) - Softcover

Rein Müllerson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004232303 ISBN 13: 9789004232303

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff, 2013

Synopsis

This book analyses the recent and on-going regime changes, their internal causes and the external factors that either stimulate or obstruct political reforms. Comparing today's political reforms with the evolution of the political systems in the Western world, and especially with the sequencing of and congruence between the development of civil institutions and economic and political systems then and there, permits to reveal serious problems with the current attempts at regime change. A comparison of the processes started by Gorbachev in Russia and the Chinese reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping, and the current situation in these countries and their respective positions in the world, highlights both the benefits and dangers of radical reforms. The second part of the book is devoted to the study of moral, legal and political aspects of various forms of external interference with the aim of influencing change.

About this title

About the Author:

Rein Müllerson is the President of Tallinn University Law School. 1994-2009 - Professor of International Law at King's College, London. 2004 - 2005 the UN Regional Adviser for Central Asia. In 1992-94 -Visiting Centennial Professor of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since 1995 - a Member of the Institut de Droit International.

About this edition

• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9004232303
• ISBN 13: 9789004232303
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256