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The Elusive State: International and Comparative Perspectives
The Elusive State International and Comparative Perspectives Author:James A. Caporaso In The Elusive State the idea of the state serves as an umbrella concept, as a way of focusing othewise disparate subject matters. The literature on comparative and international politics are as far apart as ever, despite the purported breakdown of the traditional dividing lines between domestic and international politics (a view which so... more »me of the papers in this volume explicitly reject). Some of the topics included for discussion are the contradictory ways in which the state is viewed (omnicompetent or impotent), Ted Gurr's chapter on those states most likely to develop the institutions and political culture of police states, and a final chapter by Janice Thomson on the historical perspective of sovereignty.The volume as a whole is timely and essential reading for all scholars of comparative political science and internal relations.« less