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The Modern State

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The modern state arose between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe, and it spread to the rest of the world via conquest and colonialism. By the time the last African colonies became independent in the 1960s, the modern state ideal had become universal. This ideal comprises four defining characteristics: (1) territory, (2) sovereignty (external and internal), (3) legitimacy, and (4) bureaucracy. No state enjoys complete sovereignty or a completely effective and efficient bureaucracy, but some states are closer to this ideal than others. Legitimacy may come in various forms—from traditional, to charismatic, to rational-legal, the latter of which requires a highly effective bureaucracy and some semblance of the rule of law.

States use the four attributes described here to provide their populations such goods as security, a legal system, and infrastructure. “Weak states” are those that cannot adequately provide these goods, and once a state has become so weak that it loses effective sovereignty over part of its territory, it may be called a “failed state” (or in extreme instances a “collapsed state”).

This chapter looks at case studies of state formation in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Iran, India, China, and Nigeria.

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320.1 PIE t 1996

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No. Panggil

320.1 PIE t 1996

Penerbit

London : Routledge., 1996

Deskripsi Fisik

viii, 215hlm.; -; 21cm

Bahasa

ISBN/ISSN

0-415-07452-5

Klasifikasi

320.1

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Subjek

The State
Modern State

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