The Modern State

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-32933-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The latest edition of this well-established and highly regarded textbook continues to provide the clearest and most comprehensive introduction to the modern state. It examines the state from its historical origins at the birth of modernity to its current jeopardized position in the globalized politics of the twenty-first century.

Subjects covered include:

- the nation-state in its historical context

- state and economy

- states and societies

- states and citizens

- states within the international system

- 'rogue' and failed states.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierson, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Modern States 2. Placing the State in Modernity 3. States and Societies 4. State and Economy 5. States and Citizens 6. States and the International Order 7. States of the 21st Century 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham.