This collection of essays looks at the State and instability in the south from both a domestic and international viewpoint, covering countries ranging from Japan to the Sudan.

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Introduction: the problem of the State and instability in the south, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu. Part 1 The domestic dimension: State and politics in the parliamentary semi-periphery, Nicos Mouzelis; representational democracy in the south - the case of the Commonwealth Caribbean, Tony Thorndike; instability and the State - Sudan, Charles Gurdon; the mutual formation and information of the State and international order - the case of Japan, Richard Boyd. Part 2 The international dimension: States and revolution in the south, Fred Halliday; the State and instability in Southern Africa, Tom Young; the US response to instability in South Korea, Chintamani Mahapatra; international law, conflict and stability in the Gulf and the Mediterranean, George Joffe. Conclusion: Third World instability, security and Western concepts - on an unhappy marriage and the need for a divorce, Caroline Thomas.