Sovereign State and Its Competitors An Analysis of Systems Change

Name: Sovereign State and Its Competitors An Analysis of Systems Change
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ISBN: 9780691029108

ISBN-10: 0691029105

ISBN-13: 9780691029108

Edition: 1994

Authors: Hendrik Spruyt

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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 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 war-making ability of the sovereign nation-state made it the natural successor to the feudal system. The author argues that feudalism did not give way to any single successor institution in simple…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.13" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



List of Maps and Tables


Preface


Introduction



Contingency, Choice, and Constraint



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 Emergence of New Modes of Organization



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



Competition, Mutual Empowerment, and Choice: The Advantages of Sovereign Territoriality



The Victory of the Sovereign State



Conclusion



Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International System


Notes


Bibliography


Index