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Author Spruyt, Hendrik, 1956-

Title The sovereign state and its competitors : an analysis of systems change / Hendrik Spruyt
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1994]
©1994

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Description xii, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Princeton studies in international history and politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Contents Pt. I. Contingency, Choice, and Constraint. Ch. 1. Structural Change in International Relations. Ch. 2. Organizational Variation and Selection in the International System. Ch. 3. Modes of Nonterritorial Organization: Feudalism, the Church, and the Holy Roman Empire -- Pt. II. The Emergence of New Modes of Organization. Ch. 4. The Economic Renaissance of the Late Middle Ages. Ch. 5. The Rise of the Sovereign, Territorial State in Capetian France. Ch. 6. The Fragmentation of the German Empire and the Rise of the Hanseatic League. Ch. 7. The Development of the Italian City-states -- Pt. III. Competition, Mutual Empowerment, and Choice: The Advantages of Sovereign Territoriality. Ch. 8. The Victory of the Sovereign State -- Pt. IV. Conclusion. Ch. 9. Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International System
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-283) and index
Subject Sovereignty -- History.
SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045733
LC no. 94010759
ISBN 0691029105 (paperback)
0691033560 (CL : acid-free paper)