Hendrik Spruyt

The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

An Analysis of Systems Change

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Produktbeschreibung

"Spruyt takes on a theme that is ... of central import to political science.... A convincing demonstration that there was nothing inevitable about the triumph of the [present] form of the state."--John A. Hall, McGill University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780691029108
• ISBN-10: 0691029105
• Artikelnr.: 21419890

Autorenporträt

Hendrik Spruyt

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps and Tables
Preface
Introduction
3
Pt. I
Contingency, Choice, and Constraint
9
Ch. 1
Structural Change in International Relations
11
Ch. 2
Organizational Variation and Selection in the International System
22
Ch. 3
Modes of Nonterritorial Organization: Feudalism, the Church, and the
Holy Roman Empire
34
Pt. II
The Emergence of New Modes of Organization
59
Ch. 4
The Economic Renaissance of the Late Middle Ages
61
Ch. 5
The Rise of the Sovereign, Territorial State in Capetian France
77
Ch. 6
The Fragmentation of the German Empire and the Rise of the Hanseatic
League
109
Ch. 7
The Development of the Italian City-states
130
Pt. III
Competition, Mutual Empowerment, and Choice: The Advantages of
Sovereign Territoriality
151
Ch. 8
The Victory of the Sovereign State
153
Pt. IV
Conclusion
181
Ch. 9
Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International
System
183
Notes
195
Bibliography
265
Index
285