This special issue of
International Studies Review focuses on the "Westphalian Moment" when the modern system of territorially organized states is said to have come into existence. The authors examine a number of issues relating to sovereignty in both its internal and external manifestations, including the role of norms in undermining non-sovereign forms of political organization, manifestations of exclusive authority over territory before Westphalia, the relationship between regional organizations and sovereign states, and the role of environmental interdependence in undermining sovereign institutions.
Changes in the Westphalian Order: Territory, Public Authority, and Sovereignty
James A. Caporaso
The Westphalian Deferral
David L. Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah
The End of Empire and the Extension of the Westphalian System: The Normative Basis of the Modern State Order
Hendrik Spruyt
Popes, Kings, and Endogenous Institutions: The Concordat of Worms and the Origins of Sovereignty
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Environment, Wealth, and Authority: Global Climate Change and Emerging Modes of Legitimation
Karen T. Litfin
Sovereignty Bargains in Regional Integration
Walter Mattli
Changing the Rules: Reconceiving Change in the Westphalian System
Kurt Burch
James A. Caporaso is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. This special issue of
International Studies Review focuses on the "Westphalian Moment" when the modern system of territorially organized states is said to have come into existence. The authors examine a number of issues relating to sovereignty in both its internal and external manifestations, including the role of norms in undermining non-sovereign forms of political organization, manifestations of exclusive authority over territory before Westphalia, the relationship between regional organizations and sovereign states, and the role of environmental interdependence in undermining sovereign institutions.
