Author: Sverrir Steinsson

By Eric Grynaviski and Sverrir Steinsson How did the state become the dominant polity in the international system? The predominant theory of state formation, advanced by Charles Tilly, holds that states formed because of warfare and competition. Conversely, a new strand of research (e.g. Anna Grzymala-Busse, David Kang and Chin-Hao Huang) has argued that state … Continue reading A bellicist theory of diffusion: State formation in Northern Europe