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Routledge The Modern State

Name: The Modern State
Brand: Routledge

Anthropology & Sociology

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Product Description The new edition of this well-established and highly regarded textbook continues to provide the clearest and most comprehensive introduction to the modern state. It examines the state from its historical origins at the birth of modernity to its current jeopardized position in the globalized politics of the 21st Century. The book has been entirely revised and updated throughout, including substantial new material on the financial crisis and the environment. Subjects covered include: • The evolution of the state system • Placing the state in modernity• States and societies • State and economy • States and citizens • States and the international order • States of the twenty-first century This book is essential reading for all those studying the state, international relations and comparative politics. Review 'A comprehensive and readable study that fits easily into undergraduate courses on the state.' - Mark Laffey, THE 'This book succeeds admirably and ought to provide a popular and stimulating work for students.' - Mark Laffey, THE About the Author Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. He has written extensively on issues surrounding the state and particularly the welfare state. He is author of Beyond the Welfare State? and an editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415587611
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 08 July 2011
Listed Since: 30 August 2010

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