The Nation-State and Global Order: A Historical Introduction to Contemporary Politics / Edition 2

by Walter C. C. Opello, Stephen J. Rosow

Overview

Opello and Rosow (professors of political science at the State U. of New York at Oswego) take a historical-constructivist approach to understanding the modern state, describing how war has been central to the formation of the state, arguing that it advantaged political- military systems in which a monarch exercised hierarchical authority over a sizable demarcated territory. They examine the specific forms that these sovereign states have taken and the internal and external factors that have caused them to evolve through different forms of the state. They examine the exportation of the sovereign state outside of Europe and the way that helped constitute the current global order. Finally, they assess the challenge of globalization to the sovereign state. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588262899
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/28/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	List of Maps	ix
	Preface	xi
	Introduction: A Historical Approach to the State and Global Order	1
Part 1	The Emergence of the Territorial State
1	The Ancient Roman State: Imperial Rule	19
2	The Feudal "State": Indirect Rule	37
3	The Medieval State: Territorial Sovereignty Instituted	55
Part 2	The Modern Territorial State
4	The Absolute State: Sovereignty Unbound	77
5	The Liberal Constitutional State: Sovereignty Popularized	99
6	The Antiliberal State: Sovereignty Particularized	121
7	The Managerial State: Sovereignty Rationalized	139
Part 3	Globalizing the Territorial State
8	The Colonial State: Sovereignty Expanded	167
9	The Nation-State: Sovereignty Reimagined	191
10	The Postcolonial State: Instituting Sovereignty	217
Part 4	Challenges to the State
11	The Present State of States: Sovereignty Challenged	245
12	Conclusion: A New Global Order?	267
	Bibliography	281
	Index	299
	About the Book	319

Editorial Reviews

Rejecting models of linear development, Opello and Rosow (both in political science, State U. of New York-Oswego) fuse governing practices, technological change, political economy, language, and culture in an analysis of the formation of specific forms of the state: from imperial Rome, to the present "state of states," and future challenges. Includes several basic maps of early political divisions and a glossary of terms from , a primitive firearm, to , the Roman political ideal of manliness based on great military deeds. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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