Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction RICHARD ENGLISH AND CHARLES TOWNSHEND; The state we were in: parliament, centralization and English state formation DAVID EASTWOOD; Wales and the British state: 'The outer form of subjugation' D. GEORGE BOYCE; The state in independent Ireland MARY E. DALY; The state and Northern Ireland RICHARD ENGLISH; Federal and confederal ideas in Scottish political culture CHRISTOPHER HARVIE; Member states and the European Union ELIZABETH MEEHAN; State and public security CHARLES TOWNSHEND
The state and pro-state terrorism in Ireland STEVE BRUCEThe British state: sovereignty and identities BERNARD CRICK; Nations, states and religions ERNEST GELLNER; Index
Summary
The State tackles the problems of defining and studying the state and the role the nation state has played as the basic political unit in Europe and throughout the world
