Nomad-State Relationships in International Relations

This book explores non-state actors that are or have been migratory, crossing borders as a matter of practice and identity. Where non-state actors have received considerable attention amongst political scientists in recent years, those that predate the state—nomads—have not. States, however, tend to take nomads quite seriously both as a material and ideational threat.  Through this volume, the authors rectify this by introducing nomads as a distinct topic of study. It examines why states tr