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The state : theories and issues / edited by Colin Hay, Michael Lister, and David Marsh.

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TextSeries: Political analysis (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))Analytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

1403934258
9781403934253
1403934266
9781403934260

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DDC classification:

320.1 22

LOC classification:

JC131 .S82 2006

Contents:

Introduction : theories of the state / Colin Hay and Michael Lister -- 1. Pluralism / Martin Smith -- 2. Elitism / Mark Evans -- 3. (What's Marxist about) Marxist state theory? / Colin Hay -- 4. Public choice / Andrew Hindmoor -- 5. Institutionalism / Vivien Schmidt -- 6. Feminism / Johanna Kantola -- 7. Green theory / Matthew Paterson, Peter Doran and John Barry -- 8. Poststructuralism / Alan Finlayson and James Martin -- 9. Globalization and the state / David Marsh, Nicola J. Smith and Nicola Hothi -- 10. The transformation of the state / Georg Sorensen -- 11. Governance, government and the state / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre -- 12. Public/private : the boundaries of the state / Matthew Flinders -- Conclusion / Michael Lister and David Marsh.

Summary: "Broad-ranging in its coverage, this major new text introduces all the main competing theoretical approaches to the study of the state as well as key contested issues in relation to globalization, new forms of governance, the changing public/private boundary, changes in the powers and capacities of states, and the differences between advanced liberal democratic and other states."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-295) and index.

"Broad-ranging in its coverage, this major new text introduces all the main competing theoretical approaches to the study of the state as well as key contested issues in relation to globalization, new forms of governance, the changing public/private boundary, changes in the powers and capacities of states, and the differences between advanced liberal democratic and other states."--Publisher description.

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