Individual rights and the making of the international system /

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We live today in the first global system of sovereign states in history, encompassing all of the world's polities, peoples, religions and civilizations. Christian Reus-Smit presents a new account of how this system came to be, one in which struggles for individual rights play a central role. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reus-Smit, Christian, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Civil rights > History.
Human rights > History.
Sovereignty > History.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Histoire.
Souveraineté > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil rights
Human rights
Sovereignty
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The expansion of the international system
  • Struggles for individual rights
  • The Westphalian settlement
  • The independence of Spanish America
  • Post-1945 decolonization.

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