The Nature and Development of the Modern State

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The Nature and Development of the Modern State is written by Graeme Gill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1349928801 (ISBN 10) and 9781349928804 (ISBN 13).

Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This fully revised and extended new edition provides a broad-ranging introduction to the origins, role and future of the modern state tracing out how significant shifts in state capacity came about in relation to developments in economic, political and ideological power.