Theory of the Global State: Globality as an Unfinished Revolution

by Martin Shaw

This ambitious book rewrites the terms of debate about globalization. Focusing on two major new concepts--the unfinished global-democratic revolution and the global-Western state--Martin Shaw evaluates global change, considering the radical implications for social, political and international theory, and offering a fundamental critique of modern social thought and mainstream global theory. Required reading for sociology, politics and international relations, Theory of the Global State offers a historical, theoretical and political framework for understanding state and society in the emerging global age.

Genres: Politics

316 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2000

About the author

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Martin Shaw is a British sociologist of global politics, war, and genocide. He received a BA from the University of London in 1968 an a Ph.D. from the University of Hull in 1993.


Currently Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) and the University of Sussex, and Professorial Fellow in International Relations and Human Rights at the University of Roehampton, London.