How states die : membership and survival in the international system /
"In this introductory chapter I lay out the themes of the book. I explain why state death matters. I describe how state death has been studied in the past. I indicate why we need to consider both sovereign states and territorial contenders and why we need to include all forms of state death in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "In this introductory chapter I lay out the themes of the book. I explain why state death matters. I describe how state death has been studied in the past. I indicate why we need to consider both sovereign states and territorial contenders and why we need to include all forms of state death in order to advance understanding of this important topic. The broader focus is necessary because many theoretical arguments about state death cannot be fairly tested unless we consider more actors and more behaviours. In this chapter I also carefully consider trade-offs between past research and the many research design changes proposed. Throughout the chapter I offer many real-world examples of state deaths to demonstrate the range of actors and event types relevant to the fundamental question of how states die"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (unpaged). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197805053 0197805051 9780197805046 0197805043 9780197805039 0197805035 |