Many prominent classical theorists studied state formation and the multifaceted issues surrounding the role and function of states. Theorists such as Machiavelli (The Prince 1988), Rousseau (The Social Contract 1987), Marx and Engels (The Communist Manifesto 1998), and Lenin (State and Revolution 1993) considered the formation and role of the state to be a theoretically interesting issue. More recent students of the formation of the modern state have focused their attention on such other topics as the absolutist states of Western Europe (Anderson 1979) and states and revolution (Skocpol 1979). Contemporary writers address issues such as the state and industrialization, nationalism, colonialism, and the formation of the state, in addition to many other topics concerned with communism and the postcommunist state. Other ongoing themes among students of state formation are the state and the economy, power and legitimacy, and the relationship of states to other states. Twenty-first century analysis of the forces of globalization and their impact on the state are also frequently discussed in the context of the historical evolution of state formation.
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