Description
The State of Sovereignty examines how it came to pass that the nation-state became the prevailing form of governance in the world today. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries and addressing colonization and decolonization around the globe, these essays argue that sovereignty is a set of historically contingent practices, and not something that accrues naturally to states. The contributors explore the different ways in which sovereign political forms have been defined and have defined themselves, placing recent debates about nations and national identity within a broader history of sovereignty, territory, and legality.
Explores how states construct themselves and how state forms seek to be sovereign
About the Author
Douglas Howland is the David D. Buck Professor of Chinese History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Luise White is Professor of History at the University of Florida.
Reviews
[This book's] contribution lies in the rich and well-researched empirical case-study chapters that demonstrate in detail the various different ways in which territory, populations, and authority structures have been organized relative to one another in different places and times.Vol. 23.2 April 2010
-- Eric A. Heinze * University of Oklahoma *Book Information
ISBN 9780253220165
Author Douglas Howland
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
