ISBN10: 0521307864, ISBN13: 9780521307864, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as potentially autonomous actors. Indeed, the term 'state' was rarely used. Current work, however, increasingly views the state as an agent which, although influenced by the society that surrounds it, also shapes social and political processes. The contributors to this volume, which includes some of the best recent interdisciplinary scholarship on states in relation to social structures, make use of theoretically engaged comparative and historical investigations to provide improved conceptualizations of states and how they operate. Each of the book's major parts presents a related set of analytical issues about modern states, which are explored in the context of a wide range of times and places, both contemporary and historical, and in developing and advanced-industrial nations. The first part examines state strategies in newly developing countries. The second part analyzes war making and state making in early modern Europe, and discusses states in relation to the post-World War II international economy. The third part pursues new insights into how states influence political cleavages and collective action. In the final chapter, the editors bring together the questions ...
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ISBN10: 0521307864, ISBN13: 9780521307864, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Very Good
[Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]

ISBN10: 0521307864, ISBN13: 9780521307864, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover
[Miami, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]

Cambridge University Press 1985 hardcover Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 404 p. Contains: Tables.

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 404 p. Contains: Tables.

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Cambridge University Press 1985 hardcover Minimal pen markings. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.