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* How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states?* How do 'reasons of state' appropriate and inform discourses of sovereignty, territoriality, historiography, diplomacy, security and community?* How can we employ language to challenge the problematic logics of international relations and imagine alternative ways of being with and relating to others?States of Political Discourse addresses these questions through a series of highly original and provocative essays that en

International relations --- State, The. --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Philosophy.

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The State of Democracy in Latin America presents a critical analysis of the contemporary democratic state in Latin America. In a shift away from the more typical analyses of Latin American political change during the 1990s, this book presents a more state-centric perspective that seeks to explain why transitions to democracy and trends towards better governance have failed to provide more political and social stability in the continent.

Democracy --- State, The --- Social change --- Démocratie --- Etat --- Changement social --- Argentina --- Chile --- Argentine --- Chili --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- State, The. --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science

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In this ground-breaking work, Norman Yoffee shatters the prevailing myths underpinning our understanding of the evolution of early civilisations. He counters the emphasis in traditional scholarship on the rule of 'godly' and despotic male leaders and challenges the conventional view that early states were uniformly constituted bureaucratic and regional entities. Instead, by illuminating the role of slaves and soldiers, priests and priestesses, peasants and prostitutes, merchants and craftsmen, Yoffee depicts an evolutionary process centred on the concerns of everyday life. Drawing on evidence from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Mesoamerica, the author explores the variety of trajectories followed by ancient states, from birth to collapse, and explores the social processes that shape any account of the human past. This book offers a bold new interpretation of social evolutionary theory, and as such it is essential reading for any student or scholar with an interest in the emergence of complex society.

State, The. --- Cities and towns, Ancient. --- Civilization, Ancient. --- Ancient civilization --- Geography, Ancient --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Cities and towns [Ancient ] --- Civilization [Ancient ] --- Social Sciences --- Archeology