The state of sovereignty : territories, laws, populations /
The State of Sovereignty examines how it came to pass that the nation-state became the prevailing form of governance in the world today. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries and addressing colonization and decolonization around the globe, these essays argue that sovereignty is a set of historically...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | 21st Century studies ;
v. 3. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The State of Sovereignty examines how it came to pass that the nation-state became the prevailing form of governance in the world today. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries and addressing colonization and decolonization around the globe, these essays argue that sovereignty is a set of historically contingent practices, and not something that accrues naturally to states. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (284 pages) : maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780253002686 0253002680 9780253352316 0253352312 9780253220165 0253220165 128226317X 9781282263178 1282103423 9781282103429 0253003121 9780253003126 9786612103421 6612103426 9786612263170 6612263172 |