Hendrik Spruyt

Hendrik Spruyt is a Dutch-American political scientist. He is the Emeritus Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations at Northwestern University.^[1] He is known for his research on state formation and sovereignty.^[2][3][4][5] Spruyt has advanced arguments for the emergence of the modern state that emphasize institutionalist aspects (as opposed to security and economic explanations).^[6]

In 1983, he obtained a Doctorandus from the University of Leiden, School of Law, and in 1991, he obtained his Ph. D in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.^[1]

Publications

• The World Imagined: Collective Beliefs and Political Order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
• Global Horizons: An Introduction to International Relations (University of Toronto Press, 2009)
• Ending Empire: Contested Sovereignty and Territorial Partition (Cornell University Press, 2005)
• The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Change (Princeton University Press, 1994)

References

1. "Hendrik Spruyt: Department of Political Science - Northwestern University". polisci.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
2. Roeder, Philip G. (2007). Where Nation-States Come From: Institutional Change in the Age of Nationalism. Princeton University Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-691-13467-3. JSTOR j.ctt7t07k.
3. Getachew, Adom; Jackson, Patrick Thaddeus (2021-10-29). "Forum Introduction". Millennium. 50: 224–232. doi:10.1177/03058298211050669. ISSN 0305-8298. S2CID 240235004.
4. Jüde, Johannes (2020-03-01). "The possibility of state formation and the limitations of liberal international state-building". Journal of International Relations and Development. 23 (1): 92–116. doi:10.1057/s41268-018-0139-z. ISSN 1581-1980. S2CID 256517007.
5. "International Relations and Historical Sociology: Taking Stock of Convergence". Review of International Political Economy. 6: 101–109. 2011-02-08. doi:10.1080/096922999347362. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
6. Spruyt, Hendrik (2002). "The Origins, Development, and Possible Decline of the Modern State". Annual Review of Political Science. 5 (1): 127–149. doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.5.101501.145837. ISSN 1094-2939.