Transformations of the State?

The Influence Of The State On Human Lives Is More Comprehensive And Sustained Than That Of Any Other Organizational Construct. It Steers The Economy Fights Crime Provides Education Sustains Democracy Enters Wars Guarantees Social Welfare Collects Taxes And Deploys Some Forty Percent Of The Gross National Product. Transformations Of The State? Defines The Multi-Faceted Modern State In Four Intersecting Dimensions: Resources Or Control Of The Use Of Force And Revenues; Law Or Jurisdiction And The Courts; Legitimacy Or The Acceptance Of Political Rule By The Populace; And Welfare Or The Facilitation Of Economic Growth And Social Equality. The Twentieth-Century Nation-State Blended Those Dimensions And Turned The Post-Wwii Era Into The Golden Age Of The State. What Has Become Of That State And Its Functions And What Is Its Future? Political Scientists Lawyers Economists And Sociologists Have Examined A Sample Of Oecd Nation-States In The Search For Answers To These Questions.