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The sovereign state and its competitors : an analysis of systems change /

"The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development. Hendrik Spruyt argues that there was nothing inevitable about the rise of the state system, however. Examining the competing insti...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Spruyt, Hendrik, 1956-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1994.
Collection:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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Table des matières:
  • Structural change in international relations
  • Organizational variation and selection in the international system
  • Modes of nonterritorial organization: feudalism, the Church, and the holy Roman empire
  • The economic renaissance of the late middle ages
  • The rise of the sovereign, territorial state in Capetian France
  • The fragmentation of the German empire and the rise of the Hanseatic League
  • The development of the Italian city-states
  • The victory of the sovereign state
  • Character, tempo, and prospects for change in the international system.