State Formations: Global Histories and Cultures of Statehood

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Cambridge University Press, 3/29/2018
EAN 9781108403948, ISBN10: 1108403948

Paperback, 408 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Language: English

Featuring a sweeping array of essays from scholars of state formation and development, this book presents an overview of approaches to studying the history of the state. Focusing on the question of state formation, this volume takes a particular look at the beginnings, structures, and constant reforming of state power. Not only do the contributors draw upon both modernist and postmodernist theoretical perspectives, they also address the topic from a global standpoint, examining states from all areas of the world. In their diverse and thorough exploration of state building, the authors cross the theoretical, geographic, and chronological boundaries that traditionally shape this field in order to rethink the customary macro and micro approaches to the study of state building and make the case for global histories of both pre-modern and modern state formations.

Introduction
approaches to state formations John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss
Part I. Definitions
1. On the person of the state Quentin Skinner
2. The state as a social relation Bob Jessop
3. Was there any such thing as a non-modern state? Greg Anderson
Part II. Foundings
4. Comparative perspectives and early states revisited Rita P. Wright
5. (Re) introducing the state on the medieval Swahili Coast Chapurukha M. Kusimba
6. Renaissance states of mind Michael Martoccio
7. Bringing the sarkÃ„Âr back in
translating patrimonialism and the state in early modern and early colonial India Nicholas J. Abbott
8. Revolutionary state formation
the origins of the strong American state William J. Novak and Steven Pincus
9. The founding of non-democratic states Richard Bensel
Part III. Agendas
10. Empire as state
the Roman case Clifford Ando
11. Weights and measures and state formation
the view from the early American republic Stephen Mihm
12. Mapping power
the shape of the state in the post-Civil War American South Greg P. Downs
13. To bee or not to bee
the co-production of modern science and the modern state John F. M. Clark
14. Taxes and the two faces of the state since the eighteenth century Yannis D. Kotsonis
15. Regimes and repertoires of statebuilding
the two Chinas and regime consolidation in the early 1950s Julia C. Strauss
Part IV. Memberships
16. The Mesopotamian citizen conceptualized
affect, speech and perception Seth Richardson
17. Military mobilization and the experience of living with the Ming state Michael Szonyi
18. Ethnicity and power in early modern Europe and Asia Victor Lieberman
19. Patriliny and modern states in the Middle East Diane King
20. Social service, convivialismo, and hegemony in Colombia Rebecca Tally
21. Indian affirmative action and the postcolonial state Anupama Rao
Conclusion
notes toward a global synthesis John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss.