Coercion and Consent
Studies on the Modern State
Published on 31. May 2013
240 pages
978-0-7456-6692-1 (ISBN)
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This book examines the key institutional structures and processes of modernity. Combining historical insight with sustained political and social analysis, Hall analyses the form and character of capitalism, war, late development, civil society and the the causes and collapse of socialism and addesses the revival of nationalism and the possibilities of democratization.
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John Hall is the author of many books including Powers and Liberties: The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West (Blackwell, 1985), States in History (editor, Blackwell, 1986), Liberalism: Politics, Ideology and the Market (Paladin, 1988).
Content
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. Capstones and Organisms.
2. A Curious Stability.
3. An Absolute Collapse.
4. State Power and Patterns of Late Development (written withDing-Xin Zhao).
5. Consolidations of Democracy.
6. Nationalisms, Classified and Explained.
7. Will the United States Decline as Britain did?.
8. The Weary Titan? Arms and Empire, 1870-1913.
Conclusion: The State of Post-Modernism.
Index.
Introduction.
1. Capstones and Organisms.
2. A Curious Stability.
3. An Absolute Collapse.
4. State Power and Patterns of Late Development (written withDing-Xin Zhao).
5. Consolidations of Democracy.
6. Nationalisms, Classified and Explained.
7. Will the United States Decline as Britain did?.
8. The Weary Titan? Arms and Empire, 1870-1913.
Conclusion: The State of Post-Modernism.
Index.
