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The book "Evolution and Properties of States"

About ten months ago I published a book which in Swedish has the title "Statsvetenskap". It is intended as a textbook for political science students at universities, but is also written for a broader public. It has so far been well received, and those familiar with the Swedish language may see some reviews here. I am now preparing an English translation of the book with the provisional title "Evolution and Properties of States". Here I will present preliminary versions of translated chapters. They will, I assume, be rather close to the final versions in the eventual printed book. I have however excluded some elements such as preface, footnotes and references. / January 25, 2012, Erik Moberg

THE CHAPTERS	HTML-file	PDF-file	Number of pages in the PDF-file	Date of posting
1. The state as an institution, and as an object of study	Chapter 1	Chapter 1	8	2012-01-25
2. States during 5000 years	Chapter 2	Chapter 2	50	2012-02-13
3. Basic theory	Chapter 3	Chapter 3	31	2012-02-20
4. Development and significance of the technique of violence	Chapter 4	Chapter 4	15	2012-02-26
5. Politics and economy	Chapter 5	Chapter 5	28	2012-03-06
6. Dictatorships	Chapter 6	Chapter 6	60	2012-03-24
7. Direct democracies	Chapter 7	Chapter 7	12	2012-04-01
8. Oligarchies	Chapter 8	Chapter 8	20	2012-04-07
9. The birth and spread of the representative democracy	Chapter 9	Chapter 9	25	2012-04-15
10. The properties of the representative democracy	Chapter 10	Chapter 10	53	2012-05-10
11. Statelessness	Chapter 11	Chapter 11	14	2012-05-18
12. The role of ideas