War and State Development
PSCI 2227, Spring 2026
Prof. Brenton Kenkel, Vanderbilt University
Reading Guides
| Date | Reading |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, January 7 | Spruyt 1994, ‘Institutional Selection in International Relations: State Anarchy as Order’ |
| Monday, January 12 | Olson 1993, ‘Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development’ |
| Wednesday, January 14 | Sánchez de la Sierra 2020, ‘On the Origins of the State’ |
| Wednesday, January 21 | Tilly 1990, ‘How War Made States, and Vice Versa’ |
| Monday, January 26 | Abramson 2017, ‘The Economic Origins of the Territorial State’ |
Lecture Slides
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Monday, January 5 | Introduction to the course |
| Wednesday, January 7 | Sovereign states |
| Monday, January 12 and Wednesday, January 14 | Roving and stationary bandits |
| Wednesday, January 21 | How war made states in Europe |