The European State in the twentieth century and beyond
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.40, No.2, 1999, pages 397-405
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The author claims that the European state in the twentieth century andbeyond is neither sovereign in any other than a technical legal sense nor is itnational; that it aspires to be the one and pretends to be the other and thatthese illusions and delusions are malign. So these bogus characteristics are notthe state’s prime or essential feature, for its one inescapable feature is that itis a territorial polity.
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