
State and Status
The Rise of the State and Aristocratic Power in Western Europe
Samuel Clark(Author)
McGill-Queen's University Press
Published on 14. June 1995
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-0-7735-1226-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Arguing that states emerged in Western Europe as powerful political-geographical centres rather than nation-states or national states, Samuel Clark examines and compares the centres and peripheries of these two large regional zones, focusing not only on England and France but also on Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Savoy, and the Southern Low Countries. This wide-ranging and multifaceted work shows how the state shaped the aristocracy and transformed its political, economic, cultural, and status power. From a theoretical perspective, State and Status is both innovative and significant; Clark is the first to link the anti-functionalist historical sociology of Western Europe with the functionalist or neofunctionalist tradition in sociology.
Reviews / Votes
"[Clark] combines a strong interest in theory with disciplined empirical analysis in his masterful tracking of the vicissitudes of state and aristocracy in England and France." Neil Smelser, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
739 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-1226-9 (9780773512269)
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Person
Samuel Clark is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Western Ontario and author of State and Status: The Rise of the State and Aristocratic Power in Western Europe.