The Imported State: The Westernization of the Political Order

By Bertrand Badie

Book Overview

This book traces the rise of the modern state in post-Enlightenment Europe and its spread to the remainder of the world, especially colonial and postcolonial societies. It shows how non-Western cultures invented their own practices of the state, thereby transforming the original model.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804737673
• ISBN13: 9780804737678
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"