Family Power by Peter Halden
Combining political science with history, this book presents a new history and theory of how political order developed in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East, explaining why some empires and states succeed and others fail. Elite families and dynasties are shown to be crucial to state formation.
In a time where Charles Tilly's bellicist explanation of state formation processes seems to dominate, Peter Haldén has made an important and outstanding contribution to the literature which partly argues that kinship was of major importance to the political order emerging in Europe and the Middle East and partly proves that not only coercion but also collaboration, negotiations and consent were essential aspects of the political ordersThere is no doubt that this will become a seminal text in reintroducing the kinship as a key concept to understand the development of political orders and political institutions. It is really a work of clarity and depth which ought to set the agenda for the debates about European state formation processes. Lars Bo Kaspersen, Copenhagen Business School
In a pathbreaking study of extraordinary historical and comparative scope, Halden brings the family back into politics from the shadow world to which it has been relegated by modern social science. He shows just how central kinship groups are to the creation and success of political orders and develops a richer understanding of the state that decenter's Weber's emphasis on violence and bureaucracy. Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London
In a pathbreaking study of extraordinary historical and comparative scope, Halden brings the family back into politics from the shadow world to which it has been relegated by modern social science. He shows just how central kinship groups are to the creation and success of political orders and develops a richer understanding of the state that decenter's Weber's emphasis on violence and bureaucracy. Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London
Peter Haldén is Associate Professor in the Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108495929 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108495923 |
| Title | Family Power |
| Author | Peter Halden |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2020-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 386 |
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