The Nation-State and Violence

Introduction.1. State, Society and Modern History.2. The Traditional State: Domination and Military Power.3. The Traditional State: Bureaucracy, Class, Ideology.4. The Absolutist State and the Nation State.5. Capitalism, Industrialism and Social Transformation.6. Capitalism and the State: From Absolutism to the Nation State.7. Administrative Power, Internal Pacification.8. Class, Sovereignty and Citizenship.9. Capitalist Development and the Industrialization of War.10. Nation States in the Global State System.11. Modernity, Totalitarianism and Critical Theory.Notes.Bibliography.Index.