This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Arguing that the state experienced a 'golden age' in the 1960s and 1970s, the contributors explore how and why this configuration of the state is under pressure in the 21st century.

Autorentext
RALF BENDRATH Research Fellow (Political Science), University of Bremen, Germany GRALF-PETER CALLIESS Professor for International and Comparative Business Law, University of Bremen, Germany THOMAS DIETZ Research Fellow (Political Science), University of Bremen, Germany MARTIN HERBERG Research Fellow (Sociology), University of Bremen, Germany JEANETTE HOFMANN Senior Researcher (Political Science), Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Germany WIOLETTA KONRADI Research Fellow (Law), University of Bremen, Germany VOLKER LEIB Research Fellow (Political Science), University of Bremen, Germany SEBASTIAN MAYER Research Fellow (Political Science), University of Bremen, Germany HOLGER NIESWANDT Research Fellow (Economics), University of Bremen, Germany FABIAN SOSA Former Research Fellow (Law), University of Bremen, Germany JENS STEFFEK Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Bremen, Germany SUSANNE UHL Research Fellow (Political Science), Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

Inhalt
The Golden-Age Nation State and its Transformation: A Framework for Analysis; A.Hurrelmann, S.Leibfried, K.Martens & P.Mayer Europe, the Nation State and Taxation; S.Uhl Internationalization of Intervention? UN and EU Security Politics and the Modern State; S.Mayer & S.Weinlich From Diffusion to Interplay: Rethinking the Constitutional State in the Age of Global Legal Pluralism; M.Herberg Transformations of Commercial Law: New Forms of Legal Certainty for Globalized Exchange Processes?; G.Calliess, T.Dietz, W.Konradi, H.Nieswandt & F.Sosa Breaking the Nation State Shell: Prospects for Democratic Legitimacy in the International Domain; J.Steffek Governing the Internet: The Quest for Legitimacy and Effective Rules: R.Bendrath, J.Hofmann, V.Leib, P.Mayer & M.Zürn The Internationalization of Education Policy: Towards Convergence of National Paths?; K.Martens & A.Weymann The Role of the Nation State in the Internationalization of Accounting Regimes; J.Zimmermann The Transformation of the Golden-Age Nation State: Findings and Perspectives; A.Hurrelmann, S.Leibfried, K.Martens & P.Mayer