Theory of the Global State

This ambitious book rewrites the terms of debate about globalization. Focusing on two major new concepts--the unfinished global-democratic revolution and the global-Western state--Martin Shaw evaluates global change considering the radical implications for social political and international theory and offering a fundamental critique of modern social thought and mainstream global theory. Required reading for sociology politics and international relations Theory of the Global State offers a historical theoretical and political framework for understanding state and society in the emerging global age.