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The Nation-State in Question /

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....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Paul, T. V. (Author)
Other Authors: Ikenberry, G. John, Hall, John A., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • 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