Research Interest(s): Historical Sociology and International Relations; State Formation and Disintegration; International Systems and Regional Orders
HENDRIK SPRUYT
PROFESSOR
Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Program Area(s): International Relations; Comparative Politics
Regional Specialization(s): Middle East; Europe
Department Strength(s): Comparative Historical Analysis
Professor Spruyt previously taught International Relations at Columbia University (1991-1999) and Arizona State University (1999-2003) before joining the faculty at Northwestern. He received a Doctorandus from the University of Leiden, School of Law, (The Netherlands) in 1983, and his Ph. D in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1991. He was chair of the Department of Political Science at Northwestern from 2005-2008, and Director of the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies from 2008-2013. Professor Spruyt has also served as co-editor of The Review of International Political Economy and has served on various editorial boards including the APSR.
发表于2024-11-24
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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From Scientific American
Spruyt ... shows that sovereign states of Europe emerged from the decline of feudalism as urban units gained freedom and formed leagues.... He also puts into perspective the European Union that today's nationstates are attempting to put together.... A significant contribution to political science and to European history.
From The New Yorker
Spruyt takes on a theme that is ... of central import to political science.... A convincing demonstration that there was nothing inevitable about the triumph of the [present] form of the state.
a sociological explanation of the organizational forms of states
评分good question
评分not unilinear path from feudalism to the sovereign state; challenge Tillian war-making-state; the cause was not military but economic, internal demands greater than external military requests; greater efficiency of the unified sovereign state in handling internal conflicts and in setting up uniform rules and measures that merchants want.
评分Enlighting!
评分not unilinear path from feudalism to the sovereign state; challenge Tillian war-making-state; the cause was not military but economic, internal demands greater than external military requests; greater efficiency of the unified sovereign state in handling internal conflicts and in setting up uniform rules and measures that merchants want.
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书