Coercion and Consent
Studies on the Modern State
John A. Hall(Author)
Polity Press
Published on 12. September 1994
Book
Hardback
225 pages
978-0-7456-1194-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines the key institutional structures and processes of modernity. In particular, it examines the form and character of capitalism, the dynamics of war, problems of late development, the nature of civil society, causes of the collapse of state socialism, the revival of nationalism and possibilities for democratization. The central thesis of the book is that modernity arrived well before most social theorists imagined, and it established structures of power and expectation that look set to remain far longer than the theorists of postmodernity claim.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-1194-5 (9780745611945)
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Content
1. Capstones and Organisms. 2. A Curious Stability. 3. An Absolute Collapse. 4. State Power and Patterns of Late Development (written with Ding-Xin Zhao). 5. Consolidations of Democracy. 6. Nationalisms, Classified and Explained. 7. Will the United States Decline as did Britain? 8. The Weary Titan? Arms and Empire, 1870-1913. Conculsion: The State of Post-modernism.