Screen LibraryDe-centering state making : comparative and international perspectives /
State making has long been regarded as a European development, both historically and geographically. In this innovative book, the authors add fresh insights into the nature and causes of state making by de-centering this Eurocentric viewpoint through simultaneous changes of conceptual, theoretical a...
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
State making has long been regarded as a European development, both historically and geographically. In this innovative book, the authors add fresh insights into the nature and causes of state making by de-centering this Eurocentric viewpoint through simultaneous changes of conceptual, theoretical and empirical focus. De-Centering State Making combines knowledge from comparative politics and international relations, creating a more holistic perspective that moves away from the widespread idea that state making and war are intrinsically linked. The book uses both qualitative and quantitative |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781788112987 1788112989 |
| Index Number: | JC319 |
| CLC: | K901.4 |
| Call Number: | K901.4/D278 |
| Contents: |
De-centering state making / Steppe state making / De-centering federal origins : India and the contested appropriation of federal democracy / The current developing state / When does war make states? : war, rivalries and fiscal extraction in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / War and variation in the structure of historical international systems : a theoretical model / Imagin |