Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. PART 1 THE PROBLEM OF THE STATE
5. 1 Locating the State 1
6. 2 From International Relations to World Politics 21
7. PART 2 IDENTITY AND POLITICAL SPACE
8. 3 Nationalism in/and Modernity 39
9. 4 Rethinking the State of the Nation 59
10. 5 The Authentic State: History and Tradition in the Ideology of Ethnonationalism 77
11. 6 The Stars on China’s Flag: Appropriating the Universe for the Nation 91
12. 7 State, Civil Society, and the Political Subject in a Divided Society: Reimagining Political Relations in Northern Ireland 105
13. 8 Inadequate Providers? A Gendered Analysis of States and Security 125
14. PART 3 GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL SPACE
15. 9 Problematic Paradigm: Liberalism and the Global Order 139
16. 10 Symptoms of Globalization: Or, Mapping Reflexivity in the Postmodern Age 157
17. 11 Manipulating Space in a Postcolonial State: The Case of Malaysia 173
18. 12 The World Economy and an Economically Active State: From Economic Radicalism to Neoliberalism in Mexico 189
19. PART 4 REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE IN TRANSITION
20. 13 State, Civil Society, and Economy 207
21. The Contributors 229
22. Index 231
23. About the Book 243
24. Other Books in the Series 245