Addresses why, when, and how sovereign states give up some of their sovereignity to form a larger union Starting from the premise that the system of independent

Starting from the premise that the system of independent, sovereign, territorial states, which was the subject of political science and international relations

In the contemporary world, there are many democratic states whose minority nations have pushed for constitutional reform, greater autonomy, and asymmetric feder

"This volume is some sort the sequel to a book on the problem of sovereignty which I published in March, 1917."--Preface.

Contributors to this volume address such topics as how Europeans now see themselves in relation to national identity, whether they identify themselves as citize