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The Nature and Development of the Modern State

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  • © 2003
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Authors:
  1. Graeme Gill

    1. School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Sydney, Australia

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  • A uniquely uptodate and broadranging introduction by a wellknown author to the development of the modern state
    A core topic in the study of Politics (domestic and international) and political history

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Modern State

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 1-32

  3. The Ancient State

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 33-72

  4. The Feudal and Early Modern State

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 73-114

  5. The State, Capitalism and Industrialization

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 115-148

  6. The Western State and the Outside World

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 149-193

  7. The Twentieth Century: The State Embedded?

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 194-225

  8. State Capacity in a Globalized World

    • Graeme Gill
    Pages 226-256

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 257-301
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About this book

Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This lively and accessible new book provides a broad-ranging introduction to the origins, role and future of the modern state and makes its own distinct contribution to tracing out continuities and changes especially in relation to the development of state capacity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Sydney, Australia

    Graeme Gill

About the author

GRAEME GILL is Professor of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney. His latest books are Democracy and Post Communism (2002), Russia's Stillborn Democracy? (with Roger Markwick, 2001) and The Dynamics of Democratization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).

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