TY - BOOK AU - Opello, Walter C AU - Rosow, Stephen J TI - The nation - State and global order: A historical introduction to contemporary politics SN - 1555878326 AV - OFICINA 6 PY - 1999/// CY - Boulder PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers N2 - FORMATION AND EMERGENCE OF THE TERRITORIAL STATE. -- The ancient roman State : Imperial rule, 13. -- The feudal State : Indirect rule, 29. -- The Medieval State : Direct rule, 47. -- FORMS OF THE MODERN TERRITORIAL STATE. -- The absolutist State : Sovereignty instituted, 69. -- The liberal State : Sovereignty universalized, 91. -- The antiliberal State, 111. -- The managerial State : Sovereignty rationalized, 133. -- GLOBALIZING THE TERRITORIAL STATE. -- The colonial State : Sovereignty expanded, 161. -- The nations - State : Sovereignty reimagined, 181. -- The postcolonial State : reflexive sovereignty, 201. -- CHALLENGES TO THE STATE. -- The present State of States, 225. -- Conclusion : The future of the State, 243 ER -