Critical Perspectives on World Politics. "Property" and the Making of the International System / Kurt Burch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burch, Kurt, Author.

Series:

Critical Perspectives on World Politics

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This original work considers the emergence of the modern international system—that is, the global social context framing the diverse behaviors called international relations—in terms of the concepts of property and property rights. Burch argues that the development of "property" is a crucial aspect of contemporary claims about the modern state, sovereignty, international law, state conflict, global political economy, and the world system as a whole. By investigating a concept, rather than a specific social condition, activity, or actor, he explores the socially shared understandings and meanings that inform individuals' outlooks and behaviors. It is these changing meanings and consequent behaviors, he demonstrates, that actually "make" the international system.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

Part 1 Property as a Principle

2 Property as a Constitutive Principle

3 Specifying Property as a Constitutive Principle in Seventeenth-Century England

Part 2 Property and Practices

4 Jurisprudents

5 The Agents of Statecraft

6 The Agents of Commerce

Part 3 Property and Constitution

7 Constituting Sovereignty, Political Economy, and a Modern Worldview

8 Conclusions and Implications

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)

ISBN:

9781685858247