Featuring a sweeping array of essays from scholars of state formation and development, this book presents an overview of approaches to studying the history of t

A refreshing look at the meaning of socialism in Venezuela from the point of view of the country's ordinary citizens.

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Uses modernist and postmodernist theoretical perspectives to examine the formation and reformation of states throughout history and around the globe.