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The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's "state-in-society" approach. The essays situate the approach within the classic literature in pol

Why do many Asian, African, and Latin American states have such difficulty in directing the behavior of their populations--in spite of the resources at their di

The Anarchical Society is one of the masterworks of political science and the classic text on the nature of order in world politics. Originally published in 197

Today there are more states controlling more people than at any other point in history. We live in a world shaped by the authority of the state. Yet the complex

Although the state's role in society has clearly expanded since the 1930s, its independent effect on social structure and change has been given little weight in