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By combining theoretical and empirical arguments, K. J. Holsti analyzes eight major institutions—including the state, sovereignty, territoriality, international law, diplomacy, trade, and war—over the past three centuries. The study identifies types of institutional change, explores their sources, and evaluates likely consequences for the international system, aiming at durable impact on international politics research.","This page intentionally left blank  \nTaming the Sovereigns  \nInstitutional Change in International Politics  \nIt is commonly claimed that international politics has recently entered a new era, following the end of the Cold War and then the events of September 11 . In this book, Kalevi Holsti asks what we mean by‘change’ in international politics. How do we identify it? How do we distinguish between significant and unimportant changes? Do we really live in a new era or do we see more continuity than transformation in the texture of international politics? Combining theoretical and empirical argument, Holsti investigates eight major international institutions including the state, sovereignty, territoriality, international law, diplomacy, trade, and war. Having identified the types of change these institutions have undergone during the past three centuries, Holsti analyzes the sources of those changes and speculates on their consequences. This is a major book, likely to have lasting influence in the study of international politics.  \nkalevi j. holsti is Research Associate at the Centre for International Relations and University Killam Professor, Political Science (Emeritus), at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The State, War, and the State of War (1995), Peace and War: Armed Conflicts and International Order, 1648–1989 (1991), Change in the International System (1991), The Dividing Discipline (1985), Why Nations Realign (1983), and International Politics: A Framework for Analysis (1967) (7 editions) .  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: 94  \nTaming the Sovereigns  \nEditorial Board  \nSteve Smith (Managing editor)  \nThomas Biersteker Phil Cerny Michael Cox  \nA. J. R. Groom Richard Higgott Kimberley Hutchings Caroline Kennedy-Pipe Steve Lamy Michael Mastanduno Louis Pauly Ngaire Woods  \nCambridge Studies in International Relations is a joint initiative of Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association (BISA) . The series will include a wide range of material, from undergraduate textbooks and surveys to research-based monographsand collaborative volumes. The aim of the series is to publish the best new scholarship in International Studies from Europe, North America and the rest of the world.  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  \n94 K. J. Holsti  \nTaming the sovereigns  \nInstitutional change in international politics  \n93 Bruce Cronin  \nInstitutions for the common good  \nInternational protection regimes in international society  \n92 Paul Keal  \nEuropean conquest and the rights of indigenous peoples  \nThe moral backwardness of international society  \n91 Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver  \nRegions and powers  \nThe structure of international security 90 A. Claire Cutler  \nPrivate power and global authority  \nTransnational merchant law in the global political economy  \n89 Patrick M. Morgan  \nDeterrence now  \n88 Susan Sell  \nPrivate power, public law  \nThe globalization of intellectual property rights  \n87 Nina Tannenwald  \nThe nuclear taboo  \nThe United States and the non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945 86 Linda Weiss  \nStates in the global economy  \nBringing domestic institutions back in  \n85 Rodney Bruce Hall and Thomas J. Biersteker (eds.)  \nThe emergence of private authority in global governance  \n84 Heather Rae  \nState identities and the homogenisation of peoples  \nSeries list continues after index  \nTaming the Sovereigns  \nInstitutional Change in International Politics  \nK. J. Holsti  \ncambridge university press  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo  \nCambridge University Press  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York [www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9780521834032](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521834032)  \n© K. J. Holsti 2004  \nThis publication is in copyright. 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