Ending Empire: Contested Sovereignty and Territorial Partition

Hendrik Spruyt

Published by Cornell University Press 2005

Ending Empire

Contested Sovereignty and Territorial Partition

Hendrik Spruyt

In the series Cornell Studies in Political Economy

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501717871

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About this book

At the dawn of the twentieth century, imperial powers controlled most of the globe. Within a few decades after World War II, many of the great empires had dissolved, and more recently, multinational polities have similarly disbanded. This process of...

Author / Editor information

Hendrik Spruyt is Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author of The Sovereign State and Its Competitors, which won the J. David Greenstone Award given by the History and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.

Reviews

This insightful book explores one of the great dramas of the twentieth century: how imperial powers left their colonial territories.

Charles Lipson, University of Chicago:

The unwinding of Europe's vast colonial empires is one of the great transitions of the twentieth century. Hendrik Spruyt explains the process with clear, nuanced arguments, backed with historical studies, all designed to show why different imperial powers handled that unwinding so differently. What accounts for the differences, according to Spruyt, are the varied political structures in the metropolitan countries themselves. In some countries—but not in all—groups opposed to decolonization held effective veto power over territorial changes. In developing this 'veto points' approach, Spruyt's Ending Empire provides a powerful analysis of the varied paths that decolonization took. It is a major achievement.

David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego:

Ending Empire is a remarkable achievement. Hendrik Spruyt addresses the collapse of overseas empires and, in one case, a multinational state/continental empire. Spruyt shines in his talent for combining theoretically informed analysis with deep historical research across multiple cases.

Charles A. Kupchan, Georgetown University and Council on Foreign Relations, author of The Vulnerability of Empire and The End of the American Era:

An elegant and compelling account of the politics of decolonization, Ending Empire is a major contribution to the literature on imperialism and to the study of how domestic institutions shape grand strategy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Maps And Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Contested Territories And Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One.Institutional Frameworks And Territorial Policy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter Two.The Changing Fortunes Of Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter Three.The Hexagon Or The Empire: France And The Algerian Quagmire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter Four.Whitehall Tacks To The Wind Of Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Chapter Five.Ranking With Denmark: The Dutch Fear Of Imperial Retreat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Chapter Six.The First Maritime Empire And The Last: Portugal In Africa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Chapter Seven.Russia Retreats From The Union Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Chapter Eight.The Fourth Republic In Jerusalem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Conclusion: Contesting Sovereignty In A Global System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 326
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- Other: 7 tables, 3 maps
Keywords: History; Political Science & Political History

eBook

Published: May 31, 2018
ISBN: 9781501717871