Disciplining the State
Download or Read eBook Disciplining the State PDF written by Patricia M. Thornton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Patricia M. Thornton |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015073597158 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Disciplining the State by : Patricia M. Thornton
Book excerpt: Scholars of European history assert that war makes states, just as states make war. This study finds that in China, the challenges of governing produced a trajectory of state-building in which the processes of moral and social control were at least as central to state-making as the exercise of coercive power.