The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

Hendrik Spruyt

Princeton University Press, 1996

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Examining the competing institutions that arose during the decline of feudalism (among them urban leagues, independent communes, city states, and sovereign monarchies), this book disposes of the familiar claim that the superior size and war-making ability of the sovereign nation-state made it the natural successor to the feudal system.

ISBN-13
9780691029108
ISBN-10
0691029105
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1996
Publication date
1996-08-11
Pages
304
Dimensions
232x154x20
Weight
486