The Nation-State and Violence: Volume 2 of a Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism

"Giddens is, in the British context, remarkable for more than his industry. He is that rarest of birds, a home reared `grand theorist', whose aim is nothing less than a reconstruction of the theoretical foundations of social theory ... The Nation State and Violence is the latest, well-argued and researched stage in his attempt to show how the reality we now inhabit has been formed in recent history."--David J. Levy, Times Higher Education Supplement