Download or read book The Nature and Development of the Modern State written by Graeme Gill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This fully revised and extended new edition provides a broad-ranging introduction to the origins, role and future of the modern state tracing out how significant shifts in state capacity came about in relation to developments in economic, political and ideological power.