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Tables of Contents for The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps and Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction
3
6
PART I: CONTINGENCY, CHOICE, AND CONSTRAINT
9
50
Structural Change in International Relations
11
11
Neorealism and Its Critics: The Origins of the State as an Issue in International Relations
12
3
Variation in Units as Variation in Systems Structure
15
3
Unilinear Explanations of Change
18
2
The Fallacy of the Unilinear Evolutionary Image
20
2
Organizational Variation and Selection in the International System
22
12
A Nonlinear View of Evolutionary Change
22
3
A Proposed Causal Model for Explaining Institutional Variation and Selection
25
4
A Nonlinear Account of State Formation through War
29
5
Modes of Nonterritorial Organization: Feudalism, the Church, and the Holy Roman Empire
34
25
Feudalism: Rule by Personal Bonds
36
6
Universalist Claims of the Church
42
9
The Holy Roman Empire
51
4
Conclusion
55
4
PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NEW MODES OF ORGANIZATION
59
92
The Economic Renaissance of the Late Middle Ages
61
16
The Catalyst: The Expansion of Trade and the Growth of Towns
61
6
Imagining the Sovereign State
67
9
Conclusion
76
1
The Rise of the Sovereign, Territorial State in Capetian France
77
32
The Beginning of the French State: The Consolidation of the Capetian Dynasty (987-1328)
78
4
Why the Emergence of the French State Does Not Follow from the Character of Warfare
82
4
The Confluence of Material Interests of Monarchy and Towns
86
16
Shared Perspectives and Social Coalitions
102
3
Conclusion
105
4
The Fragmentation of the German Empire and the Rise of the Hanseatic League
109
21
The Northern Renaissance and the Impact of Long-distance Commerce
112
1
Reasons and Consequences of German Fragmentation
113
9
Structure and Objectives of the Hanseatic League: ``Concordia Domi. Foris Pax''
122
6
Conclusion
128
2
The Development of the Italian City-states
130
21
The Impact of Italian Luxury Trade
130
5
Centrifugal Forces in the Italian Kingdom and the Absence of a Royal-urban Alliance
135
7
City-state Rather than City-league
142
4
City-state and Sovereign, Territorial State Compared
146
3
Conclusion
149
2
PART III: COMPETITION, MUTUAL EMPOWERMENT, AND CHOICE: THE ADVANTAGES OF SOVEREIGN TERRITORIALITY
151
30
The Victory of the Sovereign State
153
28
The Conventional Explanation: Darwinian Selection by War
155
3
Advantages of Sovereign Territoriality over the Confederated City-league
158
14
Fragmented Sovereignty in the Italian City-states
172
6
The General Nature of Institutional Selection
178
1
Conclusion
179
2
PART IV: CONCLUSION
181
14
Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International System
183
12
The Dynamics of Change in the International System
183
5
Possible Scenarious for Contemporary Change
188
7
Notes
195
70
Bibliography
265
20
Index
285