The Nation-State and Global Order : : A Historical Introduction to Contemporary Politics /

The Nation-State and Global Order : : A Historical Introduction to Contemporary Politics / / Stephen J. Rosow, Walter C. Opello.

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This engaging introduction to contemporary politics examines the historical construction of the modern territorial state. Opello and Rosow fuse accounts of governing practices, technological change, political economy, language, and culture into a narrative of the formation of specific state forms. T...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Opello, Walter C.,
Rosow, Stephen J.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2004
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (319 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Preface
  • Introduction: A Historical Approach to the State and Global Order
  • PART 1 THE EMERGENCE OF THE TERRITORIAL STATE
  • 1 The Ancient Roman State: Imperial Rule
  • 2 The Feudal “State”: Indirect Rule
  • 3 The Medieval State: Territorial Sovereignty Instituted
  • PART 2 THE MODERN TERRITORIAL STATE
  • 4 The Absolute State: Sovereignty Unbound
  • 5 The Liberal Constitutional State: Sovereignty Popularized
  • 6 The Antiliberal State: Sovereignty Particularized
  • 7 The Managerial State: Sovereignty Rationalized
  • PART 3 GLOBALIZING THE TERRITORIAL STATE
  • 8 The Colonial State: Sovereignty Expanded
  • 9 The Nation-State: Sovereignty Reimagined
  • 10 The Postcolonial State: Instituting Sovereignty
  • PART 4 CHALLENGES TO THE STATE
  • 11 The Present State of States: Sovereignty Challenged
  • 12 Conclusion: A New Global Order?
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book

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