3 The Lessons of European State Formation for the Developing Countries
3.1 Introduction
Given that it was from Europe’s territory that modern states originated, it is therefore logical to investigate the causal dynamics of the European state formation experience in order to learn what it can demonstrate for us as a comparative template for understanding the failures of many of today’s fragile and failed states (Spruyt, 2002, pp. 213, 231; Strayer, 2003, pp. 4, 12; Vries, 2002, pp. 68–90). Thomas Ertman expresses well the case for studying European state formation, since Europe has been the progenitor of the modern state form
that has since been adopted or imposed on the rest of the globe, the case of European ...
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