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Constructing the Nation-State International Organization and Prescriptive Action

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By Connie L. McNeely

Foreword by John W. Meyer

ISBN: 0-313-29398-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29398-6

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208 pages, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 11/30/1995

List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Sociology

Series Number: 113

Description: This book analyzes the nation-state as part of a global political-cultural system. Considering theories on political life organized in terms of territories and sovereign authority and discussing how and why this became the preeminent form of political organization and authority throughout the world, it presents an exploration of the nation-state as a social construction. The author delves into an investigation of the impact of various aspects of international organization on nation-state structures and practices and, therefore, on the patterns and behaviors that constitute a world culture. Framed by world polity arguments, the nation-state is treated as a cultural object, with the international system as a cultural community giving it meaning, and shaping and defining its structures and practices.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by John W. Meyer
Abbreviations
A World of Nation-States
The World Polity in Perspective
Transnational Agencies and Forces: International Organizations and the World Polity
The Determination of Statehood: Conceptual Challenges and Empirical Shifts
Prescribing State Practice: Accounting for Progress
Policy Prescriptions: Ideology in State Structure and Practice
An Institutional Profile: Constructing the Nation-State
Appendix: Coding Schemes and Categories
References
Index

LC Card Number: 95-5270

LCC Class: JC362

Dewey Class: 341.2


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