Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations

by Daniel Philpott

How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires around 1960, spreading the sovereign states system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691057478
• ISBN13: 9780691057477
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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