The Imported State The Westernization of the Political Order |
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Author:
| Badie, Bertrand |
Translator:
| Royal, Claudia |
Series title: | Mestizo Spaces / Espaces Métissés Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8047-3766-1 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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This book traces the rise of the modern state in post-Enlightenment Europe and its spread to the remainder of the world, especially colonial and postcolonial societies. It shows how non-Western cultures invented their own practices of the state, thereby transforming the original model.
This book traces the rise of the modern state in post-Enlightenment Europe and its spread to the remainder of the world, especially colonial and postcolonial societies. It shows how non-Western cultures invented their own practices of the state, thereby transforming the original model.