Bulletin n. 3/2006
December 2006
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Strauss Danie F. M.
    The rise of the modern (idea of the) state
    in Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies , Volume 33, Number 2 / August ,  2006 ,  183 - 195
    Some of the main contours of the development of Western society from ancient Greece and through the medieval era up to the rise of the modern state constitute the substance of this article. In the course of the argumentation the actual history of state formation and the gradual emergence of the idea of the state are accounted for in their mutual intertwinement. It is argued that the transition from the ecclesiastically unified medieval culture to the early starting points for the rise of the modern state is intimately connected to the difference between a kingdom and a republic. But this article stops without entering into a discussion of modern political theories and contemporary political practices—a theme reserved for a different (follow-up) investigation.
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