Write an essay on how to centralize political power on a bounded territory.

My subject is called creating New states
Question: 1. New states in the making: at this very moment?
Required Reading: Declaration of American Independence, 1776. Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Slovenia, 1991.The Constitutional Charter of the Republic of Slovenia, 1991. (On the iLearn page)
On Catalonia
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/artur-mas
On Kurdistan
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2015/1103/Are-Kurds-closer-to-realizing-their-dream-of-an-independent-state

Question 2. The state: how to centralize political power on a bounded territory?

Michael Mann, ‘The Autonomous Power of the State: Its Origins, Mechanisms and Results’ in States in History, edited John A. Hall, Blackwell, 1986, pp. 109-137.
Anthony D. Smith, ‘State-Making and Nation-Building’, States in History, pp.228-264,.
David D. Laitin, Nations, States and Violence, (Oxford UP, 2007), pp.81-105.