| ID | 124484 |
| Title Proper | War, state formation, and culture |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Neep, Daniel |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Historical sociology has long been concerned with the study of organized state violence. Since the mid-1970s, a substantial body of work has come to focus on the importance of warfare to historical processes of state formation. The first generation of this literature proposed that the relentless existential struggle between the warring polities of medieval Europe had favored the survival of states that could adopt ever more efficient means to extract and mobilize resources from the local population to feed the war effort. Early states therefore evolved the institutions to collect taxes and administer territory largely as a functional byproduct of interstate military competition. From this perspective, the logic of war making was the driving force behind the rise of the modern state in Europe. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol.45, No.4; 2013: p.795-797 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol.45, No.4; 2013: p.795-797 |
| Key Words | Europe ; Modern Europe ; Medieval Europe ; Histological Perspectives ; Sociological Perspectives ; Violence ; State Formation ; Interstate Military Competition ; War ; History ; Warfare ; Ethnic Violence ; Political Violence ; Culture ; Civilization |