State Sovereignty as Social Construct: 46 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 46) - Softcover

Biersteker, Thomas J.

 
9780521565998: State Sovereignty as Social Construct: 46 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 46)

Synopsis

The contributors analyse how the components of state sovereignty are socially constructed and combined in specific historical contexts.

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Review

"This useful collection poses an important intellectual challenge to the dominant epistemology...and the central substantive concern...of international politics. The contributors perceptively employ a social constructivist approach to unpack the concept of state sovereignity and reinterpret its several constituent dimensions: recognition, territory, population, authority." S. Mozaffar, Choice

Book Description

State sovereignty is an inherently social construct. The modern state system is not based on some timeless principle of sovereignty, but on a conception that uniquely links authority, territory, population (society, nation), and recognition, in a particular place (the state). This book describes the practices that have produced various sovereign ideals and resistances to them.

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ISBN 10:  052156252X ISBN 13:  9780521562522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996
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