Corporate Sovereign Awakening and the Making of Modern State Sovereignty: New Archival Evidence from the English East India Company

The English East India Company's “company-state” lasted 274 years—longer than most states. This research note uses new archival evidence to study the Company as a catalyst in the development of modern state sovereignty. Drawing on the records of 16,740 managerial and shareholder meetings betwee...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	International organization Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 690 - 712
Main Author:	Srivastava, Swati
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2022
Subjects:	Ambiguity Archival research Archives & records Authority Companies Hierarchies International relations Legislatures Meetings Peace negotiations Political aspects Political power Politics Possession Research Note Self sufficiency Shareholder meetings Social construction Sovereignty State Statism Stockholders Theorists Transformation War India United Kingdom > UK England Sovereignty corporate power company-states authority empire social construction nonstate actors archival methods
ISSN:	0020-8183, 1531-5088
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!