The State

The idea of 'the state' has been at the center of historical and political debates in Britain and the US in recent years.The Stateoffers a comprehensive study of the whole process of state-building over the last two centuries and examines the role the nation state has played as the basic political unit in Europe and throughout the world.

Richard English is Reader in Politics at Queen's University, Belfast. Charles Townshend is Professor of International History at Keele University. D. George Boyce is professor in the Dept. of Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea Steve Bruce is professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen Bernard Crick is emeritus professor of Politics, University of London, and honorary fellow of Birkbeck College Mary E. Daly is associate professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin David Eastwood is professor of Social History and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea Richard English is reader in Politics at Queen's University, Belfast Ernest Gellner is William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge Christopher Harvie is professor of British Studies at the University of Tubingen Elizabeth Meehan is professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Social Policy at Queen's University, Belfast Charles Townshend is professor of International History at the University of Keele