States and Citizens : History, Theory, Prospects

Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities Quentin Skinner
Cambridge University Press
9780521539265
0-521-53926-9

Coverage of the Western European experience is wide-ranging in this survey of perceptions of the state, its history, and prospects in the contemporary world. The greatest post-colonial democratic state,.

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India, is also discussed as an important comparative example. Contributions by a distinguished pan-European team of authors ensure this study's value to students and teachers of the history of ideas, political theory and European studies.