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Making a Modern Political Order - The Problem of the Nation State (Hardcover)
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Making a Modern Political Order - The Problem of the Nation State (Hardcover)
Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
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Sheehan’s thoughtful book makes a convincing case that the modern
political order arises out of people’s shared expectations and
hopes, without which the nation state could not exist. Every
political order depends on a set of shared expectations about how
the order does and should work. In Making a Modern Political Order,
James Sheehan provides a sophisticated analysis of these
expectations and shows how they are a source of both cohesion and
conflict in the modern society of nation states. The author divides
these expectations into three groups: first, expectations about the
definition and character of political space, which in the modern
era are connected to the emergence of a new kind of state; second,
expectations about the nature of political communities (that is,
about how people relate to one another and to their governments);
and finally, expectations about the international system (namely,
how states interact in a society of nation states). Although
Sheehan treats these three dimensions of the political order
separately, they are closely bound together, each dependent
on—and reinforcing—the others. Ultimately, he claims, the
modern nation state must balance all three organizing principles if
it is to succeed. Sheehan’s project begins with an examination of
people’s expectations about political space, community, and
international society in the premodern European world that came to
be called the “ancien régime.” He then, in chapters on states,
nations, and the society of nation states, proceeds to trace the
development of a modern political order that slowly and unevenly
replaced the ancien régime in Europe and eventually spread
throughout the world. To close, he offers some speculations about
the horizon ahead of us, beyond which lies a future order that may
someday replace our own.
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