Political Sociology: A Comparative/Historical Approach (The Reynolds Series in Sociology)

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the origins, nature, development and transformation of the state, examining the class basis of politics and the state in different societal setting. The book provides a concise, yet comprehensive, analysis of the role of politics and the state within the world-historical process and promises to make an invaluable contribution to political sociololgy and to related disciplines devoted to the study of the state.