Hendrik Spruyt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University.
"Winner of the 1996 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, American
Political Science Association"
"Hendrik Spruyt's book provides new and interesting analytical
framework for examining--from an international perspective--the
emergence of new international political systems....The book
advances a bold and intriguing hypothesis....[It is] a powerful and
provocative essay; the examination of its details will probably
provide much work in years to come. Any economic historian who
considers the state system as fundamental to European growth should
read this work."---Avner Greif, Journal of Economic History
"This intriguing book argues that nation-states and territorially
sovereign powers were not the only possible form of organization,
and that the end of the Middle Ages saw the flowering of a variety
of alternatives."
*Foreign Affairs*
"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 nation-states are attempting to put together.... A
significant contribution to political science and to European
history."
*Bibliothèque Humanisme et Renaissance*
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