LEADER 03865nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910812691803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-13466-7 010 $a9786613134660 010 $a1-4008-2423-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824236 035 $a(CKB)2550000000037224 035 $a(EBL)713813 035 $a(OCoLC)730151782 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000237830 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202974 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237830 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191634 035 $a(PQKB)10266975 035 $a(DE-B1597)447788 035 $a(OCoLC)979905123 035 $a(OCoLC)984687743 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713813 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000037224 100 $a20000717d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRevolutions in sovereignty $ehow ideas shaped modern international relations /$fDaniel Philpott 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in international history and politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-05747-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-330) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tTABLES AND FIGURES -- $tPREFACE -- $tPART ONE: REVOLUTIONS IN SOVEREIGNTY -- $tPART TWO: THE FOUNDING OF THE SOVEREIGN STATES SYSTEM AT WESTPHALIA -- $tPART THREE: THE REVOLUTION OF COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: THE GLOBAL EXPANSION OF WESTPHALIA -- $tPART FOUR: THE REVOLUTIONS CONSIDERED TOGETHER -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aHow did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires around 1960, spreading the sovereign states system to the rest of the globe. In both cases, revolutions in ideas about legitimate political authority profoundly altered the "constitution" that establishes basic authority in the international system. Ideas exercised influence first by shaping popular identities, then by exercising social power upon the elites who could bring about new international constitutions. Swaths of early modern Europeans, for instance, arrived at Protestant beliefs, then fought against the temporal powers of the Church on behalf of the sovereignty of secular princes, who could overthrow the formidable remains of a unified medieval Christendom. In the second revolution, colonial nationalists, domestic opponents of empire, and rival superpowers pressured European cabinets to relinquish their colonies in the name of equality and nationalism, resulting in a global system of sovereign states. Bringing new theoretical and historical depth to the study of international relations, Philpott demonstrates that while shifts in military, economic, and other forms of material power cannot be overlooked, only ideas can explain how the world came to be organized into a system of sovereign states. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in international history and politics. 606 $aSovereignty 606 $aInternational relations 615 0$aSovereignty. 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a320.1/5 700 $aPhilpott$b Daniel$f1967-$0282334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812691803321 996 $aRevolutions in sovereignty$9672823 997 $aUNINA