State Sovereignty As Social Construct; edited by Thomas J. Biersteker and Cynthia Weber

Biersteker, Thomas J. (ed.); Weber, Cynthia (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0521565995 / ISBN 13: 9780521565998

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996

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Octavo in purple wraps; xiii, 298 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cambridge studies in international relations, 46. "State sovereignty is an inherently social construct. The modern state system is not based on some timeless principle of sovereignty, but on the production of a normative conception which links authority, territory, population (society, nation), and recognition in a unique way, and in a particular place (the state). Attempting to realize this ideal entails a great deal of hard work on the part of statespersons, diplomats and intellectuals. The ideal of state sovereignty is a product of the actions of powerful agents and the resistances to those actions by those located at the margins of power. The unique contribution of this book is to describe, theorize and illustrate the practices that have socially constructed, reproduced, reconstructed, and deconstructed various sovereign ideals and resistances to them. The contributors analyze how all the components of state sovereignty - not only recognition, but also territory, population, and authority - are socially constructed and combined in specific historical contexts."--Jacket. Contents: Social construction of state sovereignty /; Thomas J. Biersteker and Cynthia Weber --; Contested sovereignty: the social construction of colonial imperialism /; David Strang --; Beyond the sovereignty dilemma: quasi-states as social construct /; Naeem Inayatullah --; Sovereign state system as political-territorial ideal: historical and contemporary considerations /; Alexander B. Murphy --; Sovereignty and the nation: constructing the boundaries of national identity /; Roxanne Lynn Doty --; Sovereignty, nationalism, and regional order in the Arab state system /; Michael Barnett --; Binding sovereigns: authorities, structures and geopolitics in Philadelphian systems /; Daniel Deudney --; Hierarchy under anarchy: informal empire and the East German state /; Alexander Wendt and Daniel Friedheim --; Reconstructing the analysis of sovereignty: concluding reflections and directions for future research /; Cynthia Weber and Thomas J. Biersteker. Sovereignty. Social contract. International relations. Estado (pol?tica) Internationale betrekkingen. Na??o. Rela??es internacionais. Soberania nacional. Sociaal contract. Soevereiniteit. Souverainet? Contrat social. Relations internationales. International relations. Social contract. Sovereignty. Soevereiniteit. Sociaal contract. Internationale betrekkingen. Estado (pol?tica) Soberania nacional. Rela??es internacionais. Na??o. Beziehungsanalyse. Imperialismus. Kolonialismus. Nationalismus. Souver?nit?t. Staat. Politische Theorie. Souver?nit?t. Aufsatzsammlung. fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: State Sovereignty As Social Construct; edited by Thomas J. Biersteker and Cynthia Weber
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521565995
• ISBN 13: 9780521565998
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics And Social Sciences

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State sovereignty is an inherently social construct. The modern state system is not based on some timeless principle of sovereignty, but on the production of a normative conception that links authority, territory, population, and recognition in a unique way, and in a particular place (the state). The unique contribution of this book is to describe and illustrate the practices that have produced various sovereign ideals and resistances to them. The contributors analyze how the components of state sovereignty are socially constructed and combined in specific historical contexts.

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The unique contribution of this book is to describe and illustrate the practices which have produced various sovereign ideals and resistances to them. The contributors analyse how the components of state sovereignty are socially constructed and combined in specific historical contexts.