The Nation State and Global Order: A Historical Introduction to Contemporary Politics

CLICK HERE or this link below
http://www.ziddu.com/download/11702005/A-Historical-Introduction-to-Contemporary-Politics.pdf.html

Walter C. Opello, Stephen J. Rosow
Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004 - 319 pages

This engaging introduction to contemporary politics examines the historical construction of the modern territorial state. Opello and Rosow fuse accounts of governing practices, technological change, political economy, language, and culture into a narrative of the formation of specific state forms.