Expansion and Fragmentation : Internationalization, Political Change and the Transformation of the Nation-State

Abstract

Nine papers examine political change from the perspective of political philosophy, international relations, and comparative politics. Papers focus on mutations in the idea of political change (Grahame Lock); detecting contemporary global change and predicting the future of the states system (Wil Hout and Robert H. Lieshout); national political systems and the changing boundaries of politics (Kees van Kersbergen); liberal democracy without the classical state (Marcel Wissenburg); international organizations as sources of political change (Bob Reinalda); the impact of European integration on domestic political change and national autonomy (Markus Haverland); the state and the energy sector in Russia's transformation (Anton Weenink and Aad Correlje); European tripartism (Hans Slomp); and the unhappy "marriage" of women's movements and nation states (Conny Roggeband and Mieke Verloo). Van Kersbergen and Lieshout are at the Nijmegen School for Public Affairs. Lock is at the University of Nijmegen. Bibliography; no index.