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Description
Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This fully revised and extended new edition provides a broad-ranging introduction to the origins, role and future of the modern state tracing out how significant shifts in state capacity came about in relation to developments in economic, political and ideological power.
Table of Contents
2. The Origins of State Capacity
3. Building Capacity, East and West
4. The State, Capitalism, and Industrialization
5. States and International Systems
6. The State Embedded: Twentieth century alternatives?
7. State Capacity and Governance in a Globalized World
Conclusion.
Product details

Published | 16 Sep 2017 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 2nd |
Extent | 320 |
ISBN | 9781349928804 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |