02233nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001800247100003500265245011100300246006300411264005200474300005900526336002600585337002600611338003600637500007300673520103600746776003501782856007101817999001901888CR9781139046527UkCbUP20180107143416.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110303s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139046527 (ebook)  z9780521857772 (hardback)  z9780521674485 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aK3240 b.R485 201300a341.4/8092231 aReus-Smit, Christian,eauthor.10aIndividual Rights and the Making of the International System / [electronic resource]cChristian Reus-Smit.3 aIndividual Rights & the Making of the International System 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (250 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aWe live today in the first global system of sovereign states in history, encompassing all of the world's polities, peoples, religions and civilizations. Christian Reus-Smit presents a new account of how this system came to be, one in which struggles for individual rights play a central role. The international system expanded from its original European core in five great waves, each involving the fragmentation of one or more empires into a host of successor sovereign states. In the most important, associated with the Westphalian settlement, the independence of Latin America, and post-1945 decolonization, the mobilization of new ideas about individual rights challenged imperial legitimacy, and when empires failed to recognize these new rights, subject peoples sought sovereign independence. Combining theoretical innovation with detailed historical case studies, this book advances a new understanding of human rights and world politics, with individual rights deeply implicated in the making of the global sovereign order.08iPrint version: z978052185777240uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139046527zCambridge Books Online  c236753d236753