Does War Make States?: Critical Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology

Arising From Renewed Engagement With Charles Tilly's Canonical Work On The Relationship Between War And State Formation, This Volume Situates Tilly's Work In A Broader Theoretical Landscape And Brings It Into Contemporary Debates On State Formation Theory. Starting With Tilly's Famous Dictum 'war Made The State, And The State Made War', The Book Takes His Claim Further, Examining It From A Philosophical, Theoretical And Conceptual View, And Asking Whether It Is Applicable To Non-european Regions Such As The Middle East, South America And China. The Authors Question Tilly's Narrow View Of The Causal Relationship Between Warfare And State-making, And Use A Positive Yet Critical Approach To Suggest Alternative Ways To Explain How The State Is Formed. Readers Will Gain A Comprehensive View Of The Most Recent Developments In The Literature On State Formation, As Well As A More Nuanced View Of Charles Tilly's Work. -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: State Formation Theory : Status, Problems, And Prospects / Lars Bo Kaspersen Ifs, Ku And Jeppe Strandsbjerg, Dbp, Cbs And Benno Teschke, University Of Sussex -- Lineages -- After The Tilly-thesis : Social Conflict, Differential State-formation And Geopolitics In The Construction Of The European System Of States / Benno Teschke, University Of Sussex -- Otto Hintze, Stein Rokkan And Charles Tilly's Theory Of European Statebuilding / Thomas Ertman, New York University -- Challenges -- War And State Formation : Amending The Bellicist Theory Of State Making / Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University -- Beyond The Tilly Thesis : Family Values And State Formation In Latin Christendom / Philip Gorski, Yale & Vivek S. Sharma, Pitzer College -- Omissions -- The Space Of State Formation / Jeppe Strandsbjerg, Copenhagen Business School -- The Realm As A European Form Of Rule : Unpacking The Warfare Thesis Through The Holy Roman Empire / Peter Haldon, Swedish Defence University -- War, Conflict And The State Reconsidered / Vivek S. Sharma, Pitzer College -- Vistas -- War And State In The Middle East : Reassessing Charles Tilly In A Regional Context / Dietrich Jung, University Of Southern Denmark -- Beyond Mere War : Authority And Legitimacy In The Formation Of The Latin American States / Robert H. Holden, Old Dominion University -- How Tilly's State Formation Paradigm Is Revolutionizing The Study Of Chinese State-making / Victoria Hui, University Of Notre Dame -- Bibliography -- Index. Edited By Lars Bo Kaspersen And Jeppe Strandsbjerg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Presentación del editor: "Arising from renewed engagement with Charles Tilly's canonical work on the relationship between war and state formation, this volume situates Tilly's work in a broader theoretical landscape and brings it into contemporary debates on state formation theory. Starting with Tilly's famous dictum 'war made the state, and the state made war', the book takes his claim further, examining it from a philosophical, theoretical and conceptual view, and asking whether it is applicable to non-European regions such as the Middle East, South America and China. The authors question Tilly's narrow view of the causal relationship between warfare and state-making, and use a positive yet critical approach to suggest alternative ways to explain how the state is formed. Readers will gain a comprehensive view of the most recent developments in the literature on state formation, as well as a more nuanced view of Charles Tilly's work. Review: 'This is an outstanding scholarly contribution - an important work well written and exhaustively researched ... it is a new take on historical sociology in general and the important questions that have defined it for the past thirty years.' Miguel A. Centeno, Princeton University, New Jersey 'Charles Tilly's claim that war-making helped state-building has long had the status of established truth. This superb collection offers several challenges - both in the European core and in other civilizations - that make us rethink matters. The book will, for sure, gain a wide readership.' John A. Hall, McGill University, Montreal" Acknowledgements -- Introduction: state formation theory : status, problems, and prospects / Lars Bo Kaspersen IFS, KU and Jeppe Strandsbjerg, DBP, CBS and Benno Teschke, University of Sussex -- Lineages -- After the Tilly-thesis : social conflict, differential state-formation and geopolitics in the construction of the European system of states / Benno Teschke, University of Sussex -- Otto Hintze, Stein Rokkan and Charles Tilly's theory of European statebuilding / Thomas Ertman, New York University -- Challenges -- War and state formation : amending the bellicist theory of state making / Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University -- Beyond the Tilly thesis : family values and state formation in Latin Christendom / Philip Gorski, Yale et Vivek S. Sharma, Pitzer College -- Omissions -- The space of state formation / Jeppe Strandsbjerg, Copenhagen Business School -- The realm as a European form of rule : unpacking the warfare thesis through the Holy Roman Empire / Peter Haldon, Swedish Defence University -- War, conflict and the state reconsidered / Vivek S. Sharma, Pitzer College -- Vistas -- War and state in the Middle East : reassessing charles Tilly in a regional context / Dietrich Jung, University of Southern Denmark -- Beyond mere war : authority and legitimacy in the formation of the Latin American States / Robert H. Holden, Old Dominion University -- How Tilly's state formation paradigm is revolutionizing the study of Chinese state-making / Victoria Hui, University of Notre Dame -- Bibliography -- Index