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New book on state making

Picture of the three authors and the book cover

Jens Bartelson, Martin Hall and Jan Teorell are the editors of the newly released book “De-Centering State Making”.

Bridging the gap between international relations and comparative politics, this book transposes Eurocentric theories and narratives of state-making to new historical and geographical contexts in order to probe their scope conditions. In doing this, the authors question received explanations of the historical origins and geographical limits of state-making, questioning the unilinear view of the emergence of the modern state and the international system. Theoretically and methodologically eclectic, the volume explores a range of empirical cases not often discussed in the literature.

Contributors from our department are Annika Björkdahl, Augustin Goenaga, Ellen Ravndal (former employee at our department), Ted Svensson and Alexander von Hagen-Jamar.

Learn more on Edward Elgar Publishing’s website


Jens Bartelson’s personal page

Martin Hall’s personal page

Jan Teorell’s personal page