Governance discourse centers on an "ideal type" of modern statehood that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of

In the minds of many, the provision of justice and security has long been linked to the state. To ask whether non-state institutions could deliver those service

This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.

Originally published in 2003, this book addresses the rarely explored subject of the reciprocal relationships between nationalism, nation and state-building, an