Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism

by Daniel Ziblatt

Book Overview

Germany's and Italy's belated national unifications continue to loom large in contemporary debates. Often regarded as Europe's paradigmatic instances of failed modernization, the two countries form the basis of many of our most prized theories of social science. Structuring the State undertakes one of the first systematic comparisons of the two cases, putting the origins of these nation-states and the nature of European political development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691136491
• ISBN13: 9780691136493
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.9" x 4.1"