Transforming the Golden-age Nation State

by Leibfried, Stephan; Martens, Kerstin; Mayer, Peter; Hurrelmann, Achim

• ISBN13: 9780230521612
• ISBN10: 0230521614
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Arguing that the state experienced a golden age in the 1960s and 1970s, the contributors explore how and why this configuration of the state is under pressure in the twenty-first century.

Author Biography

STEPHAN LEIBFRIED is Professor of Political Science, University of Bremen, Germany.

KERSTIN MARTENS is Senior Research Fellow at the Transformations of the State Research Center, University of Bremen, Germany.

PETER MAYER is Professor of International Relations, University of Bremen, Germany.

ACHIM HURRELMANN is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Carleton University, Canada.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Series Preface
Foreword
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
The Golden-Age Nation State and its Transformation: A Framework for Analysis	p. 1
Europe, the Nation State and Taxation	p. 24
Internationalization of Intervention? UN and EU Security Politics and the Modern State	p. 42
From Diffusion to Interplay: Rethinking the Constitutional State in the Age of Global Legal Pluralism	p. 63
Transformations of Commercial Law: New Forms of Legal Certainty for Globalized Exchange Processes?	p. 83
Breaking the Nation State Shell: Prospects for Democratic Legitimacy in the International Domain	p. 109
Governing the Internet : The Quest for Legitimate and Effective Rules	p. 130
The Internationalization of Education Policy: Towards Convergence of National Paths?	p. 152
The Role of the Nation State in the Internationalization of Accounting Regimes	p. 173
The Transformation of the Golden-Age Nation State : Findings and Perspectives	p. 193
Index	p. 207
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