International Relations, Security and Jeremy Bentham

The first comprehensive presentation and discussion of Jeremy Bentham's contributions to international relations theory.

Bentham is best known amongst political theory scholars as most of his brilliant work addresses legal theory, reform, and the ideal relationship between the governors and the governed. This new text rectifies many of the erroneous assumptions made about Bentham's contributions to the field, and critically examines his place within the confines of the liberal theoretical tr...