Thus,Whereas neo-realism takes the state as a given,historical sociology asks how specific kinds of states have been produced by the various forces at work in domestic and international societies. Historical sociologists show just how complex the state is as an organization,thereby undermining the rather simple view of the state found in neo-realism. They also fundamentally undermine the notion that a state is a state through time and across the world.States differ they are not functionally similar as neo-realism portrays them. Furthermore, historical sociologists show that there can be no simple distinction between international and domestic domestic societies. They are inevitably interlinked. There is no such thing as'international system',as suggested by Watz,which is self-contained and thereby able to exert decisive influence on the bevehaviour of states.Finally,historical sociology show that international and domestic forces create the state,and that the international is itself adeterminant of the nature of the state.This clain, of course look particularly relevant to the debate on globalization,since ,as discussed in the Introduxtion ot the book,one of its dominant themes is that the international economic system places demands os state such that only certain kindsof state can prosper