Graeme Gill. The Nature and Development of the Modern State

New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. – 288 p.Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic, and political life, the state remains the fundamental element in contemporary governance. This lively and accessible 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 in its development.List of Tables
Preface
The Modern State
What is the State?
Perspectives on the Role of the State
State Autonomy and Interdependence
State Capacity
The Role of Power
The Ancient State
The Ancient City-State
The Ancient Empires
The Ancient State and Institutional Interdependence
The Ancient State
The Feudal and Early Modern State
The Feudal System
The Consolidation and Centralization of Administrative Power
Absolutism and Constitutionalism Institutional Interdependence?
The State, Capitalism and Industrialization
The State and Industrialism
The 'Late Developers'
Industrialization and the Development of State Infrastructure
The Social Embedding of the State
The Western State and the Outside World
War and the State National Identity
The Wider World
The Asian State
The Uniqueness of the Western State?
Colonial Globalization?
The Twentieth Century: The State Embedded?
Welfare Capitalism
The Communist Challenge
Capitalist Success, Communist Failure?
No Third Way
State Capacity in a Globalized World
Economic Globalization
Political Globalization
Cultural/Ideological Globalization
The Limits of Globalization
The State and Globalization
The Longue Duree of the State
Notes and References Index