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Why Do States Fragment and Break Apart?: An Historical Sociology of Eight Cases
Author(s): Jieli Li (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 296 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773436979
- ISBN-13: 9780773436978
Book Description
State fragmentation constitutes a major portion of social change in a long span of world history, raising questions: Why in the midst of a revolution some states fragmented territorially while others stayed intact?
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State fragmentation constitutes a major portion of social change in a long span of world history, raising questions: Why in the midst of a revolution some states fragmented territorially while others stayed intact?
About the Author
Dr. Li received a Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University in China, a Master’s degree from the University of Leeds in England, and Doctoral degree from University of California, at Riverside. As a tenured faculty member, he teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio University.
