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The Formation of National States in Western Europe

Craig McCaughrin, +1 more
- Vol. 29, Iss: 2, pp 324
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The Ethnic Origins of Nations

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the Durability of ethnic communities in pre-modern and modern history, including the formation of small nations, and their formation in the modern era.
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The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms and results

TL;DR: In this article, the authors specify the origins, mechanisms and results of the autonomous power which the state possesses in relation to the major power groups of "civil society" and argue that state autonomy, of both despotic and infrastructural forms, flows principally from the state's unique ability to provide a territorially centralised form of organization.

Structural analysis: From method and metaphor to theory and substance.

TL;DR: Structural (or network) analysis has mystified many social scientists as mentioned in this paper, who have rejected it as mere methodology, which lacks due regard for substantive issues, and fled from its unusual terms and techniques, not having played with blocks and graphs since grammar school.
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Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective

TL;DR: In this article, a new political explanation for the origins of "developmental states" is proposed, in which expert and coherent bureaucratic agencies collaborate with organized private sectors to spur national economic transformation.
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The Next Waves: Migration Theory for a Changing World:

TL;DR: The article uses elements from two major theoretical traditions — a modified world-systems approach and state theory — to project current trends, including the persistence of restrictive immigration policies as barriers to movement, changing patterns of exploitation of foreign labor, liberalization of exit from the socialist world and the refugee crisis in the developing world.
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The Ethnic Origins of Nations

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the Durability of ethnic communities in pre-modern and modern history, including the formation of small nations, and their formation in the modern era.

Structural analysis: From method and metaphor to theory and substance.

TL;DR: Structural (or network) analysis has mystified many social scientists as mentioned in this paper, who have rejected it as mere methodology, which lacks due regard for substantive issues, and fled from its unusual terms and techniques, not having played with blocks and graphs since grammar school.
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Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective

TL;DR: In this article, a new political explanation for the origins of "developmental states" is proposed, in which expert and coherent bureaucratic agencies collaborate with organized private sectors to spur national economic transformation.
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The Next Waves: Migration Theory for a Changing World:

TL;DR: The article uses elements from two major theoretical traditions — a modified world-systems approach and state theory — to project current trends, including the persistence of restrictive immigration policies as barriers to movement, changing patterns of exploitation of foreign labor, liberalization of exit from the socialist world and the refugee crisis in the developing world.
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Police reform and the problem of trust

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the nature of trust in the police in general terms and related to the problem of distrust in governance, and the problematic nature of the trust of the police is considered; structural features as well as performance aspects are invoked to explain distrust of police.