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Stability without Statehood

Lessons from Europe's History before the Sovereign State

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Peter Haldén

    1. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Through the Shadows of the State

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Fiction of the State as the Good, Natural and the Beautiful

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 7-30

  4. Remedies: The Neglected Heritage of Republicanism

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 31-50

  5. A Long-lived Republic: The Holy Roman Empire 1648–1763

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 51-91

  6. A Solitary Republic: The United States of America 1776–1865

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 92-118

  7. A Shielded Republic: The European Union 1957–2010

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 119-163

  8. Republican Commonwealths versus State-Building

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 164-181

  9. Conclusions

    • Peter Haldén
    Pages 182-198

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 199-223
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This book reinterprets the EU using classical and early modern republican political theory. Bypassing the nation-state, it presents a new theory of the creation, change and demise of organizations in world politics. It also argues that the state is a problematic solution to 'state-failure' and explores alternative republican commonwealths.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

    Peter Haldén

About the author

PETER HALDÉN is Researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden. Previously, he was a researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and worked at the Swedish Defence Research Agency. His publications include The Geopolitics of Climate Change and an edited translation of the Peace of Westphalia.

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