The Transformation of the State: Beyond the Myth of Retreat
- ISBN-10
- 0230215335
- ISBN-13
- 9780230215337
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03-14
- Publisher
- Macmillan International Higher Education
- Author
- Georg Sørensen
Description
In this important new text, Georg Sørensen provides a systematic assessment of the contemporary state, steering a middle course between those who argue the state is in retreat and their critics.
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Other editions
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- 2004-03-04
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan
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