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

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

Originally published in 1998, International Society and the De Facto Society explores the phenomenon of de facto statehood in contemporary international relatio

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