Book Review: James J. Sheehan. Making a Modern Political Order: The Problem of the Nation State (H-Diplo)

James J. Sheehan

Making a Modern Political Order: The Problem of the Nation State

University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. ISBN: 9780268205379

26 May 2025 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-40 |

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Editor: Diane Labrosse
Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart
Production Editor: Christopher Ball
Pre-Production Copy Editor: Katie A. Ryan

Contents
Introduction by Alexander M. Martin, University of Notre Dame. 2
Review by Anke Fischer-Kattner, University of the Bundeswehr Munich. 8
Review by Andreas Leutzsch, German Academic Exchange Service Returning Fellow, Bielefeld. 15
Review by Jerry Z. Muller, The Catholic University of America 29
Response by James Sheehan, Stanford University. 35

Round Table Book review:

https://www.academia.edu/129591147/Book_Review_James_J_Sheehan_Making_a_Modern_Political_Order_The_Problem_of_the_Nation_State_H_Diplo_