Hendrik spruyt, the sovereign state and its competitors princeton 1994 ch. Beginning with the revelation that the sovereign, territorial state had its own peculiar rivals that very well might have held the day, spruyt aims to show how the welter. Spruyts book covers the evolution of domestic and international political institutions and relations in europe from the late middle ages until the seventeenth century. An analysis of systems change by hendrik spruyt find, read and cite all the research. Download the sovereign map ebook in pdf, epub, mobi. Ivan ermakoff university of chicago focusing primarily on the central and late middle ages, hendrik spruyt sets out to explain how the sovereign, territorial state became the domi. Hendrik spruyt author of the sovereign state and its. Westphalian sovereignty, or state sovereignty, is a principle in international law that each state has exclusive sovereignty over its territory.
His analysis is quite original in at least three ways. It was not destined to be the most successful form of government and it had competitors. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Theme panel international studies association minneapolis 1998. Empowering european transnational networks beyond the state. Hendrik spruyt, the sovereign state and its competitors princeton, nj. An analysis of systems change by hendrik spruyt article pdf available in american journal of sociology 10. The sovereign state and its competitors hendrik spruyt download bok.
The sovereign state and its competitors foreign affairs. Select publications unbundling sovereign rights through incomplete contracting. First, spruyt rejects the dominant twostage view of the emergence of the nationstate. Civil wars as challenges to the modern international system.
An analysis of systems change princeton studies in international history and politics hendrik spruyt on. The sovereign state won out against these rivals only later. Realist and institutional accounts, international organization, vol. This article provides a short account of european state formation. This transformation was conducted through the selection and convergence among these distinct types of authority. An analysis of systems change by hendrik spruyt princeton, n. An analysis of systems change princeton studies in international history and politics new ed by spruyt, hendrik isbn. The book shows the limitations in the realist assumption of an international order made up exclusively of nationstates. Hendrik spruyt is the author of the sovereign state and its competitors 4. Nonstate actors, supranational authority, and statist anxieties in an age of globalization readings. Civil wars as challenges to the modern international system hendrik spruyt abstract.
The principle underlies the modern international system of sovereign states and is enshrined in the united nations charter, which states that nothing should authorise intervention in matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state. The sovereign state and its competitors by hendrik spruyt, 9780691029108, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Examining the competing institutions that arose during the decline of feudalismamong them urban leagues, the present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome. The italian city republics available for download and read online in other formats. The sovereign map also available for read online in mobile and kindle. See also hendrik spruyt, the sovereign state and its competitors. Alexander cooley, hendrik spruyt increasingly today nationstates are entering into agreements that involve the sharing or surrendering of parts of their sovereign powers and often leave the cession of authority incomplete or vague. American political science association, august 2006.
David greenstone award for best book in history and politics 19941995. American journal of sociology french history in which a. North, structure and change in economic history norton 1981 chs. Adherence to these principles has contributed to the decline of interstate war. An analysis of systems change princeton studies in international history and politics. Project muse the sovereign state and its competitors. Globalization, the g word of this decade, raises many challenges to the interna tional system of nationstates. American empire as an analytic question or a rhetorical.
Each of the chapters is soundly written and the volume as a whole brings together some outstanding, well recognized scholars to undertake an ambitious, wideranging enterprise. Hendrik spruyt, arizona state university, author of the sovereign state and its competitors. Goulds version of evolutionary theory argues that evolution occurs in a twostep process. The authors argument against other progressive views of history seems overdone, however, since his own theory ends up with the same teleological result. A much briefer version of the same argument is presented in spruyts 1994 article, institutional selection in international relations. Examining the competing institutions that arose during the decline of feudalism among them urban leagues, independent communes, city states, and sovereign monarchies spruyt disposes of the familiar claim that the superior size and warmaking ability of the sovereign nationstate made it the natural successor to the feudal system.
Examining the competing institutions that arose during the decline of feudalismamong them urban leagues, independent communes. Institutional selection in international relations. Professor of international relations, northwestern university. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The author argues that there was nothing deterministic about the victory of the sovereign state. The expansion of trade and the growth of towns imagining the sovereign state conclusion the rise of the sovereign, territorial state in capetian france the beginning of the french state. The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development. Family values and state formation in latin christendom, chapter 4, this volume. The nationstate in question princeton university press. The current international system is based on westphalian principles in which authority is defined territorially. Pdf the italian city republics download full pdf book. The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical develo. Hendrik spruyt, the sovereign state and its competitors. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months.