As international organisations gain greater power to monitor and manage the domestic affairs of their member states, the relationship between state sovereignty and international intervention becomes increasingly fraught. This book examines international rule-making in the Global South, tracing how the status of state sovereignty has evolved since decolonization. Coe argues that regional organizations flout the former norm of non-interference, becoming involved in the domestic affairs of their member states in Africa, Latin America, and (to a much lesser extent) Southeast Asia. In the name of democracy, human rights, and security, regional organizations increasingly assume jurisdiction over once off-limits domestic matters: they monitor elections and human rights and they respond to intrastate crises with mediation, fact-finding and sanctions. Coe explores the effects of democratization and economic crisis on regional institutions to explain the uneven development of 'intrusive regionalism' across the postcolonial world.

随着国际组织在监督和管理其成员国的国内事务方面获得更大的权力，国家主权和国际干预之间的关系变得越来越复杂。本书研究了全球南方的国际规则制定，追溯了国家主权的地位自非殖民化以来是如何演变的。科伊认为，区域组织藐视以前的不干涉准则，开始介入非洲、拉丁美洲和东南亚（在较小的程度上）的成员国的国内事务。以民主、人权和安全的名义，区域组织越来越多地对曾经被禁止的国内事务行使管辖权：它们监督选举和人权，并通过调解、事实调查和制裁来应对国内危机。科伊探讨了民主化和经济危机对区域机构的影响，以解释 "侵入性区域主义 "在整个后殖民世界的不均衡发展。