Here, Lentner analyses four basic components in the formation of states: the capacity to govern, security and freedom of action, economic development strategy, and citizenship and political participation.
Challenging the conventional view that globalization embodies a new and inexorable process, this book analyzes the political foundations and choices involved in contemporary arrangements in the world. Rather than treating politics as contention for control over an unforeseeable future, the book explains the background by which the world has arrived at its present state. Thus, the author presents a view that emphasizes continuity with the past ...
