Expansion and fragmentation internationalization, political change and the transformation of the nation-state

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.

Ringing the changes: mutations in the idea of political change / Grahame Lock -- The limits of theory: detecting contemporary global change and predicting the future of the states system / Wil Hout and Robert H. Lieshout -- National political systems: the changing boundaries of politics? / Kees van Kersbergen -- Changing shape, changing form: liberal democracy without the classical state / Marcel Wissenburg -- International organizations as sources of political change / Bob Reinalda -- The impact of European integration on domestic political change and national autonomy / Markus Haverland -- The irrelevance of globalization: the state and the energy sector in Russia's transformation / Anton Weenink and Aad Correljé -- European tripartism: convergence in topics, persistent divergence in decision making / Hans Slomp -- Global sisterhood and political change: the unhappy 'marriage' of women's movements and nation states / Conny Roggeband and Mieke Verloo -- Conclusion: developing the research agenda / Kees van Kersbergen, Robert H. Lieshout and Grahame Lock.