Hendrik Spruyt

{{Short description|Dutch-American political scientist}}

Hendrik Spruyt is a Dutch-American political scientist. He is the Emeritus Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations at Northwestern University.{{Cite web|title=Hendrik Spruyt: Department of Political Science - Northwestern University|url=https://polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/hendrik-spruyt.html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=polisci.northwestern.edu|language=en}} He is known for his research on state formation and sovereignty.{{Cite book|last=Roeder|first=Philip G.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7t07k|title=Where Nation-States Come From: Institutional Change in the Age of Nationalism|date=2007|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-13467-3|pages=343|jstor=j.ctt7t07k }}{{Cite journal|last1=Getachew|first1=Adom|last2=Jackson|first2=Patrick Thaddeus|date=2021-10-29|title=Forum Introduction|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/03058298211050669|journal=Millennium|volume=50 |language=en|pages=224–232|doi=10.1177/03058298211050669|s2cid=240235004 |issn=0305-8298}}{{Cite journal|last=Jüde|first=Johannes|date=2020-03-01|title=The possibility of state formation and the limitations of liberal international state-building|url=https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-018-0139-z|journal=Journal of International Relations and Development|language=en|volume=23|issue=1|pages=92–116|doi=10.1057/s41268-018-0139-z|s2cid=256517007 |issn=1581-1980}}{{Cite journal|date=2011-02-08|title=International Relations and Historical Sociology: Taking Stock of Convergence|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/096922999347362|access-date=2021-04-21|journal=Review of International Political Economy|volume=6 |pages=101–109 |language=en|doi=10.1080/096922999347362}} Spruyt has advanced arguments for the emergence of the modern state that emphasize institutionalist aspects (as opposed to security and economic explanations).{{Cite journal|last=Spruyt|first=Hendrik|date=2002|title=The Origins, Development, and Possible Decline of the Modern State|journal=Annual Review of Political Science|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=127–149|doi=10.1146/annurev.polisci.5.101501.145837|issn=1094-2939|doi-access=free}}

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.