The Nation-State in Question edited by T.V. Paul, G. John Ikenberry, and John A. Hall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, John A., Editor.

Ikenberry, G. John., Editor.

Paul, T. V., Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 7 line illus. 20 tables.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Has globalization forever undermined the state as the mighty guarantor of public welfare and security? In the 1990s, the prevailing and even hopeful view was that it had. The euphoria did not last long. Today the "return of the state" is increasingly being discussed as a desirable reality. This book is the first to bring together a group of prominent scholars from comparative politics, international relations, and sociology to systematically reassess--through a historical lens that moves beyond the standard focus on the West--state-society relations and state power at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The contributors examine the sources and forms of state power in light of a range of welfare and security needs in order to tell us what states can do today. They assess the extent to which international social forces affect states, and the capacity of states to adapt in specific issue areas. Their striking conclusion is that states have continued to be pivotal in diverse areas such as nationalism, national security, multiculturalism, taxation, and industrial relations. Offering rich insights on the changing contours of state power, The Nation-State in Question will be of interest to social scientists, students, and policymakers alike. John Hall's introduction is followed by chapters by Peter Baldwin, John Campbell, Francesco Duina, Grzegorz Ekiert, Jeffrey Herbst, Christopher Hood, Anatoly Khazanov, Brendan O'Leary, T. V. Paul, Bernard Yack, Rudra Sil, and Minxin Pei. The conclusion is by John Ikenberry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction. Nation-States in History

PART 1. NATIONAL IDENTITIES

Chapter 1. Nationalism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Liberal Democratic State

Chapter 2. What States Can Do with Nations: An Iron Law of Nationalism and Federation?

Chapter 3. A State without a Nation? Russia after Empire

Chapter 4. The Return of the Coercive State: Behavioral Control in Multicultural Society

PART 2. STATE SECURITY

Chapter 5. States, Security Function, and the New Global Forces

Chapter 6. States and War in Africa

PART 3. STATE AUTONOMY

Chapter 7. National Legislatures in Common Markets: Autonomy in the European Union and Mercosur

Chapter 8. The Tax State in the Information Age

Chapter 9. States, Politics, and Globalization: Why Institutions Still Matter

Chapter 10. Globalization, the State, and Industrial Relations: Common Challenges, Divergent Transitions

PART 4. STATE CAPACITY

Chapter 11. The State after State Socialism: Poland in Comparative Perspective

Chapter 12. Rotten from Within: Decentralized Predation and Incapacitated State

Conclusion. What States Can Do Now

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Scritti di vari.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-22149-9

OCLC:

1204139880