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Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic, and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This lively and accessible new book provides a broad-ranging introduction to the origins, role, and future of the modern state and makes its own distinct contribution to tracing out continuities and changes in its development.
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The Nature and Development of the Modern State Graeme Gill The Nature and Development of the Modern State Also by Graeme Gill Democracy and Post-Communism Elites and Leadership in Russian Politics (ed.) Peasants and Government in the Russian Revolution Power in the Party (with Roderick Pitty) Russia’s Stillborn Democracy? (with Roger D. Markwick) Stalinism The Collapse of a Single-Party System The Dynamics of Democratization The Origins of the Stalinist Political System The Politics of Transition (with Stephen White and Darrell Slider) The Rules of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Twentieth-Century Russia The Nature and Development of the Modern State Graeme Gill School of Economics and Political Science The University of Sydney © Graeme Gill 2003 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims of damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–80449–X hardback ISBN 0–333–80450–3 paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents List of Tables vii Preface ix 1 The Modern State What is the State? Perspectives on the Role of the State State Autonomy and Interdependence State Capacity The Role of Power 1 2 8 12 22 24 2 The Ancient State The Ancient City-State The Ancient Empires The Ancient State and Institutional Interdependence The Ancient State 33 35 47 58 68 3 The Feudal and Early Modern State The Feudal System The Consolidation and Centralization of Administrative Power Absolutism and Constitutionalism Institutional Interdependence? 73 74 80 97 104 4 The State, Capitalism and Industrialization The State and Industrialism The ‘Late Developers’ Industrialization and the Development of State Infrastructure The Social Embedding of the State 139 5 The Western State and the Outside World War and the State National Identity 149 152 158 v 115 117 124 127