Institutions for the Common Good

Bruce Cronin develops a theory that links international stability with progress in building a cohesive international order. He examines how states attempt to provide for international stability by creating International Protection Regimes--multilateral institutions designed to protect clearly defined classes of people within sovereign states. Cronin argues that, in the aftermath of major systemic changes, states try to create international orders by regulating the relationship between governments and their populations, particularly in newly formed and reorganized states.

1. International relations theory and the common good; 2. International protection regimes in an international order; 3. The national state and the protection of ethnic minorities; 4. The liberal state and the protection of European citizens; 5. The multicultural state and the protection of ethnic communities; 6. The nation-state and the protection of refugees; 7. Conclusion.