Cover of State sovereignty as social construct

Mark as

State sovereignty as social construct

by Thomas J. Biersteker

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...

Buy this book Review

See on goodreads | librarything

More by Thomas J. Biersteker

Cover of Conversations on democratization and economic reform

Cover of International Law and International Relations

Cover of State Sovereignty as Social Construct (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)

Cover of The emergence of private authority in global governance

Cover of The rebordering of North America

Cover of Faking it

Cover of 'I Am an American'

Cover of Imagining America at war

Cover of International relations theory

Cover of International Relations Theory

Cover of Introduction to ISO 9001:2000 Training Package

Cover of ISO 9001:2000 Documented Quality Management System

Cover of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Manual

Cover of Moral America

Cover of Queer International Relations

Cover of Reading Assessments for Young Readers

Cover of Rituals of mediation

Cover of Simulating sovereignty

Cover of State Sovereignty as Social Construct (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)

Cover of Transition to ISO 9001:2000 Training Package

Recent activity

Rate this book to see your activity here.

Comments and reviews

Please sign in to leave a comment