Christian Reus-Smit

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The Moral Purpose of the State: Culture, Social Identity, and Institutional Rationality in International RelationsPaperback, 22 November 2009

The Moral Purpose of the State: Culture, Social Identity, and Institutional Rationality in International Relations
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Part of Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Part of Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics (Paperback)
Print Length
216 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
22 Nov 2009
ISBN-10
0691144354
ISBN-13
9780691144351

Description

This book seeks to explain why different systems of sovereign states have built different types of fundamental institutions to govern interstate relations. Why, for example, did the ancient Greeks operate a successful system of third-party arbitration, while international society today rests on a combination of international law and multilateral diplomacy? Why did the city-states of Renaissance Italy develop a system of oratorical diplomacy, while the states of absolutist Europe relied on naturalist international law and "old diplomacy"? Conventional explanations of basic institutional practices have difficulty accounting for such variation. Christian Reus-Smit addresses this problem by presenting an alternative, "constructivist" theory of international institutional development, one that emphasizes the relationship between the social identity of the state and the nature and origin of basic institutional practices.

Reus-Smit argues that international societies are shaped by deep constitutional structures that are based on prevailing beliefs about the moral purpose of the state, the organizing principle of sovereignty, and the norm of procedural justice. These structures inform the imaginations of institutional architects as they develop and adjust institutional arrangements between states. As he shows with detailed reference to ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, absolutist Europe, and the modern world, different cultural and historical contexts lead to profoundly different constitutional structures and institutional practices. The first major study of its kind, this book is a significant addition to our theoretical and empirical understanding of international relations, past and present.

Product Details

Author:
Christian Reus-Smit
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
22 November 2009
Dimensions:
23.42 x 15.7 x 1.14 cm
ISBN-10:
0691144354
ISBN-13:
9780691144351
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
216
Weight:
312.98 gm

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