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 power. The unique contribution of this book is to describe, theorize, and illustrate the practices which have socially constructed, reproduced, reconstructed, and deconstructed various sovereign ideals and resistances to them. The contributors analyse how all the components of state sovereignty - not only recognition, but also territory, population, and authority - are socially constructed and combined in specific historical contexts.-
Social Theory of International Politics
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Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations
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After Defeat
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Quasi-States
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The Retreat of the State
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Africa and the International System
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Nationalism and International Society
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Ethics in International Relations
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Peace and War
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The Global Transformation
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Power in Global Governance
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The Power of Human Rights
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The Trouble with the Congo
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Constructivism in International Relations
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A Genealogy of Sovereignty
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Arms and the State
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The Cartographic State
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Nuclear Politics
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The Social Construction of the Ocean
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Deterrence Now
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Approaches to World Order
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The Power of Power Politics
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Who Governs the Globe?
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Inside/Outside
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The Restructuring of International Relations Theory
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Diplomatic Theory of International Relations
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The State, War, and the State of War
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The English School of International Relations
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Traditions of International Ethics
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Contesting Global Governance
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The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?
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Theories of International Regimes
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Stephen James O'Meara's Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars
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Personal Identity, National Identity and International Relations
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World Ordering
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The Status of Law in World Society
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Institutions for the Common Good
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Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy
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Agents, Structures and International Relations
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Regions and Powers
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The Closure of the International System
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Private Power and Global Authority
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Domestic Society and International Cooperation
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International Practices
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Democratic Militarism
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Trust in International Cooperation
"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
At the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Thomas J.Biersteker is Gasteyger Professor of International Security and Conflict Studies and Director of the Programme for the Study of International Governance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521565998 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521565995 |
| Title | State Sovereignty as Social Construct |
| Author | Thomas J Biersteker |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In International Relations |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1996-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 316 |
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