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The social sciences have long been based upon contrasts drawn between the 'militaristic' societies of the past, and the 'capitalist' or 'industrial' societies of the present. But how valid are such contrasts, given that the current era is one stamped by the impact of war and by the intensive development of sophisticated weaponry? In setting out to address this and similar questions, this book investigates issues that have been substantially neglected by those working in sociology and social theory. Anthony Giddens offers a sociological analysis of the nature of the modern nation-state and it.

The Roma, as Europe's largest minority group and who experience disproportionate levels of poverty, unemployment, poor accommodation and social exclusion have received significant political and policy-related attention in recent years. In 2011 the European Parliament announced the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS) which marked the first EU wide effort to address Roma poverty and marginalisation via national strategies devised at the national level. Each member state has produced national strategies for Roma inclusion in the core areas of education, housing, health, employment and discrimination with a focus on integrated inclusion, e.g., recognising that inclusion in one sphere requires inclusion in the others. In 2017 the European Commission published its mid-term review of the EU Framework which examines the progress made in each member state. The series of articles in this special edition addresses the progress made in meeting the NRIS's objectives in seven member states each providing an in depth and critically informed analysis of policy development, progress and limitations in each country. The introduction provides a historical and policy context of the NRIS and considers its implications for the social integration and citizenship rights of Roma people.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. Nation-States in History -- PART 1. NATIONAL IDENTITIES -- Chapter 1. Nationalism, Popular Sovereignty, and the Liberal Democratic State -- Chapter 2. What States Can Do with Nations: An Iron Law of Nationalism and Federation? -- Chapter 3. A State without a Nation? Russia after Empire -- Chapter 4. The Return of the Coercive State: Behavioral Control in Multicultural Society -- PART 2. STATE SECURITY -- Chapter 5. States, Security Function, and the New Global Forces -- Chapter 6. States and War in Africa -- PART 3. STATE AUTONOMY -- Chapter 7. National Legislatures in Common Markets: Autonomy in the European Union and Mercosur -- Chapter 8. The Tax State in the Information Age -- Chapter 9. States, Politics, and Globalization: Why Institutions Still Matter -- Chapter 10. Globalization, the State, and Industrial Relations: Common Challenges, Divergent Transitions -- PART 4. STATE CAPACITY -- Chapter 11. The State after State Socialism: Poland in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 12. Rotten from Within: Decentralized Predation and Incapacitated State -- Conclusion. What States Can Do Now -- Contributors -- Index