The nation-state in question
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The nation-state in question
（Princeton paperbacks）
Princeton University Press, c2003
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Illustrations vii Preface ix Introduction: Nation-States in History 1 John A. Hall PART 1 NATIONAL IDENTITIES Chapter 1: Nationalism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Liberal Democratic State 29 Bernard Yack Chapter 2: What States Can Do with Nations: An Iron Law of Nationalism and Federation? 51 Brendan O'Leary Chapter 3: A State without a Nation? Russia after Empire 79 Anatoly M. Khazanov Chapter 4: The Return of the Coercive State: Behavioral Control in Multicultural Society 106 Peter Baldwin PART 2 STATE SECURITY Chapter 5: States, Security Function, and the New Global Forces 139 T. V. Paul Chapter 6: States and War in Africa 166 Jeffrey Herbst PART 3 STATE AUTONOMY Chapter 7: National Legislatures in Common Markets: Autonomy in the European Union and Mercosur 183 Francesco Duina Chapter 8: The Tax State in the Information Age 213 Christopher Hood Chapter 9: States, Politics, and Globalization: Why Institutions Still Matter 234 John L. Campbell Chapter 10: Globalization, the State, and Industrial Relations: Common Challenges, Divergent Transitions 260 Rudra Sil PART 4 STATE CAPACITY Chapter 11: The State after State Socialism: Poland in Comparative Perspective 291 Grzegorz Ekiert Chapter 12: Rotten from Within: Decentralized Predation and Incapacitated State 321 Minxin Pei Conclusion What States Can Do Now 350 G. John Ikenberry Contributors 373 Index 377
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