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Revolutions in sovereignty : how ideas shaped modern international relations

Title
Revolutions in sovereignty : how ideas shaped modern international relations / Daniel Philpott.
Author
Philpott, Daniel, 1967-
Publication
Princeton N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.

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Description
xii, 339 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Annotation
Series Statement
Princeton studies in international history and politics
Uniform Title
Princeton studies in international history and politics
Subject
  • Westfälischer Friede
  • Sovereignty
  • International relations
  • sovereignty
  • international relations
  • Entkolonialisierung
  • Internationale Politik
  • Souveränität
  • Soevereiniteit
  • Internationale betrekkingen
  • Politieke filosofie
  • Relations internationales
  • Souveraineté
Note
  • "February 15, 2000."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Revolutions in sovereignty. Introduction : Revolutions in sovereignty -- The Constitution of International Society -- A brief history of constitutions of international society in the West -- 4. How revolutions in ideas bring revolutions in sovereignty -- pt. 2. The founding of the sovereign states system at Westphalia. Westphalia as origin -- The origin of Westphalia -- The power of protestant propositions -- pt. 3. The revolution of colonial independence : the global expansion of Westphalia. Ideas and the end of empire -- The end of the British Empire : cashing out the promise of self-government -- Revolutionary ideas in the British Colonies -- Britain's burden of empire -- The fall of greater France -- pt. 4. The revolutions considered together. Conclusion : Two revolutions, one movement.
ISBN
  • 069105746X
  • 9780691057460
  • 0691057478
  • 9780691057477
LCCN
00059826
OCLC
  • ocm44775213
  • 44775213
  • SCSB-1204031
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library