TY - BOOK AU - edited by Jens Bartelson TI - De-centering state making: comparative and international perspectives SN - 9781788112987 U1 - 327DEC PY - 2018/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; Political geography; International relations; Comparative government; Historical sociology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Comparative government; Historical sociology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - State making has long been regarded as a European development, both historically and geographically. In this innovative book, the authors add fresh insights into the nature and causes of state making by de-centering this Eurocentric viewpoint through simultaneous changes of conceptual, theoretical and empirical focus ER -