De-Centering State Making

Edited by Jens Bartelson, Martin Hall and Jan Teorell, Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden

'Though the emergence and evolution of state sovereignty is a central concern for the discipline of international relations, until recently there were very few studies that explored this phenomenon outside of Europe in a comparative manner. De-Centering State Making more than fills this gap. This expertly edited volume brings together an impressive array of contributors to advance our understanding of modern state making around the world to a whole other level.'--Ayse Zarakol, University of Cambridge, UK

• Contents:1. Introduction: De-Centering State MakingJens Bartelson, Martin Hall and Jan TeorellPart I: What makes a state?2. Steppe State MakingMartin Hall 3. De-Centering Federal Origins: India and the Contested Appropriation of Federal DemocracyTed Svensson 4. The Current Developing StateJonathan K. Hanson Part II: What states does war make?5. When Does War Make States? War, Rivalries and Fiscal Extraction in the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesAgustín Goenaga and Alexander von Hagen-Jamar6. War and Variation in the Structure of Historical International Systems: A Theoretical ModelCharles Butcher and Ryan Griffiths 7. Imagined States and Clashing State-building Processes in the Bosnian SpaceAnnika BjörkdahlPart III: State making and international society8. Configurations of Semi-Sovereignty in the Long-Nineteenth CenturyArthur Learoyd9. Acting Like a State: Non-European Membership of International Organisations in the Nineteenth CenturyEllen Ravndal Part IV: Conclusion10. Concentric Circles: Aporias of De-Centering State Making in Time and SpaceJanis Grzybowski 11. After De-Centering: A New Research Agenda for State MakingJens Bartelson and Jan Teorell Index