The Rise and Decline of the Notion of State

Bibliographic Data

ID6299362
AuthorsSabino Cassese (University of Rome, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume7
Issue2
Pages120-130
Publication date1986-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/019251218600700203
OpenAlexW2156527614
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited10

The evolution of the use of the concept of "state" from the sixteenth century to the present leads one to observe that the theory of the state has now lost normative and prescriptive value. Furthermore, the very notion of state has ceased to be a good analytical tool in that the function of government has evolved toward diffusion rather than concentration. The state is no longer the unifying force it once was. Other factors, language in particular, now perform the unification function previously performed by the state

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