The State: Historical and Political Dimensions
- ISBN-10
- 1134733070
- ISBN-13
- 9781134733071
- Series
- The State
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-10-12
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Richard English, Charles Townshend
Description
Drawing on current debates on secessions within the United Kingdom, this book analyses the British State today and looks at its place in the future. Featuring original contributions from a variety of disciplines, this study tackles the problem of defining and studying the state and looks at the role the nation-state has played as the basic political unit in Europe and throughout the world.
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