State Sovereignty as Social Construct (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521565998)

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.

Author: Thomas J. Biersteker
ISBN-10: 0521565995
ISBN-13: 9780521565998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/1996
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.07h x 5.97w x 0.77d