John A HallJohn A. Hall is the James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the author of many books linking social theory with historical studies, constantly moving bck-and-forth between these fields. His books include (with J. L. Campbell) The Paradox of Vulnerability: States, Nationalism and the Financial Crisis (Princeton, 2017), The World of States (with J. L. Campbell, Bloomsbury 2015), The Importance of Being Civil: The Struggle for Political Decency (Princeton, 2013), Ernest Gellner: An Intellectual Biography (Verso, 2010), International Orders (Polity, 1996), Coercion and Consent: Studies on the Modern State (Polity, 1994), Liberalism: Politics, Ideology and the Market (Paladin, 1988), and Powers and Liberties: The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West (Basil Blackwell, 1985). Read More Read Less