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State formation

State formation is the process of the development of a centralized government structure in a situation in which one did not exist. State formation has been a study of many disciplines of the social sciences for a number of years, so much so that Jonathan Haas writes, "One of the favorite pastimes of social scientists over the course of the past century…

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The state

Explaining early and modern states

Theories about early state development

Theories about modern state development

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related to Bibliography · 207
State formation → Abramson, AD, Africa, African Studies, Aidan, Alex, American Political Science Review, American Research Press, American Sociological Review, Andreas, Annual Review, Anthropological Perspectives, Anthropological Research, Anthropology, Archaic States, Army Expansion, Asian, August, Axtmann, Barkey
related to Further reading · 45
State formation → Anna, Berlin, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Capacity Failure, Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology, CT, Distinct Dominions, Does War Make States, Dominik, England, European State, Fox, Germany, Governance, Grzymała-Busse, Investigations, ISBN, Jeppe Strandsbjerg, John
related to Pre-modern state formation · 26
State formation → BCE, Bohemia, Britain, CE, China, Denmark, Early, East Asian, East Central Europe, Europe, European, France, Germany, Historian, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Moore, Norway, Poland
related to Economic transformation theories · 15
State formation → Central Europe, Douglass North, England, France, Hanseatic, Low Countries, New, Northern Italy, Other, Rhineland, Some, Stein Rokkan, Swabian, The, These
related to Theories about modern state development · 14
State formation → Africa, Asia, Europe, However, In, Max Weber, Often, Other, Peace, Political, State-building, The, These, Westphalia
related to Ancient state formation · 12
State formation → Americas, David, Eurasia, Pacific, Primary, Prominent, Sandeford, Some, States, Studies, The, These
related to Outside Europe · 10
State formation → Africa, Europe, European, France, In, John, Meyer's World Society Theory, United Kingdom, United Nations, While
related to Warfare theories · 10
State formation → According, Charles Tilly, Economist Nicholas Kaldor, Europe, In, Taxes, The, Tilly, Tilly's, Two
related to Voluntary theories · 6
State formation → Eventually, Karl August Wittfogel's, Much, One, The, Voluntary
related to Explaining early and modern states · 5
State formation → Although, In, Studies, The, Theories

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State formationis aprocess of the development of a centralized government structure in a situation in which one did not exist0.90text
State formationis ahydraulic hypothesis0.90text
Charles Tillyinstance ofit was usually due to marriage alliances and hereditary succession.Some scholars0.80text
Otto Hintze primarily characterize European state formation as an early modern 16th to 18th century phenomenoninstance ofit was usually due to marriage alliances and hereditary succession.Some scholars0.80text
emphasizing the establishment of state sovereignty in international relationsinstance ofit was usually due to marriage alliances and hereditary succession.Some scholars0.80text
the Protestant Reformationinstance ofdue to events0.80text
the Enlightenmentinstance ofdue to events0.80text
Whydahinstance ofthe increased trade in the 16th century may have been a key to state formation in West African states0.80text
Dahomeyinstance ofthe increased trade in the 16th century may have been a key to state formation in West African states0.80text
and the Benin Empire.Conflict theoriesConflict theories of state formation regard conflictinstance ofthe increased trade in the 16th century may have been a key to state formation in West African states0.80text
dominance of some population over another population as key to the formation of statesinstance ofthe increased trade in the 16th century may have been a key to state formation in West African states0.80text
and the Benin Empireinstance ofthe increased trade in the 16th century may have been a key to state formation in West African states0.80text

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