The State Theories and Issues,9781403934260

The State Theories and Issues

by Hay, Colin; Lister, Michael; Marsh, David
ISBN13: 9781403934260
ISBN10: 1403934266
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Pub. Date: 2005-11-19
Publisher(s): Red Globe Pr
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Summary

There has been a resurgence of interest in the state by political analysts, as the much-anticipated crisis of the nation-state engendered by globalization has largely failed to materialize. This text aims to provide an accessible, comprehensive and contemporary introduction to the full range of theoretical perspectives on the state and the key contemporary issues and controversies that divide them.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables xi
Preface and Acknowledgements xiii
Notes on the Contributors xv
Introduction: Theories of the State 1(189)
Colin Hay and Michael Lister
Defining the state
4(5)
The concept of the state
9(4)
Recent developments in state theory
13(1)
Beyond the state?
14(1)
Structure of the book
15(5)
Further reading
20(1)
1 Pluralism
21(18)
Martin Smith
The roots of pluralism
22(3)
The rise of American pluralism
25(3)
The reformulation of pluralism
28(1)
Developments in British pluralism
29(2)
Developments in contemporary pluralism
31(5)
Conclusion
36(1)
Acknowledgements
37(1)
Further reading
37(2)
2 Elitism
39(20)
Mark Evans
Classical elitism
41(2)
The classical elitists in perspective
43(1)
Modern elitist perspectives — from radical elitism to the statists
44(3)
The statists and the governing elite
47(2)
The modern elitists in perspective
49(1)
Contemporary elitist approaches
50(7)
In summary
57(1)
Further reading
58(1)
3 (What's Marxist about) Marxist State Theory?
59(20)
Colin Hay
Marxism and the state
60(5)
A genealogy of the state in Marxist theory
65(11)
Conclusions
76(2)
Further reading
78(1)
4 Public Choice
79(19)
Andrew Hindmoor
Public choice
81(2)
Public choice, market failure and state failure
83(3)
Forms of state failure
86(6)
The critique of public choice
92(2)
Public choice without prejudice
94(2)
Conclusion
96(1)
Further reading
97(1)
5 Institutionalism
98(20)
Vivien Schmidt
From the 'old institutionalism' to the 'new institutionalism'
99(3)
Rational choice institutionalism
102(2)
Historical institutionalism
104(3)
Sociological institutionalism
107(2)
Discursive institutionalism
109(5)
Conclusion
114(3)
Further reading
117(1)
6 Feminism
118(17)
Johanna Kantola
Feminist contributors
119(7)
Criticisms of feminist perspectives on the state
126(5)
Current feminist debates
131(3)
Conclusion
134(1)
Further reading
134(1)
7 Green Theory
135(20)
Matthew Paterson, Peter Doran and John Barry
Green critiques of the state
136(6)
Disempowerment and democracy
142(1)
A green anarchism?
143(3)
Greening the state?
146(6)
Conclusions
152(2)
Further reading
154(1)
8 Poststructuralism
155(17)
Alan Finlayson and James Martin
Locating poststructuralism
155(6)
Laclau and Mouffe: the impossibility of the state
161(2)
Destabilizing state sovereignty
163(3)
Foucault, power and governmentality
166(4)
Conclusions
170(1)
Further reading
171(1)
9 Globalization and the State
172(18)
David Marsh, Nicola J. Smith and Nicola Hothi
The globalization debate
172(6)
Unpacking the relationship between economic processes, discourse(s) and policy outcomes
178(11)
Conclusion
189(1)
Further reading
189(1)
10 The Transformation of the State 190(19)
Georg Sørensen
Introduction
190(1)
Economic transformation: the effects of globalization
191(3)
Political transformation: towards multi-level governance
194(2)
The transformation of community
196(3)
The transformation of sovereignty
199(3)
The connection to theories: interpretations of state transformation
202(2)
Changes in statehood
204(3)
Conclusion: new debates in the wake of state transformation
207(1)
Further reading
208(1)
11 Governance, Government and the State 209(14)
B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre
Understanding the so-called shift from government to governance
210(4)
The resilience of institutions
214(6)
Governance, the state and political power
220(1)
Conclusion
221(1)
Further reading
222(1)
12 Public/Private: The Boundaries of the State 223(25)
Matthew Flinders
The topography of the state
225(8)
The state: complexity, accountability and depoliticization
233(11)
Shifting sands: the boundaries of the state
244(3)
Further reading
247(1)
Conclusion 248(14)
Michael Lister and David Marsh
Changing theories of the state: has there been a convergence?
248(6)
The role of the state: challenges and responses
254(2)
What would a more sophisticated conceptualization of the state look like?
256(4)
Future directions
260(2)
Bibliography 262(34)
Author Index 296(6)
Subject Index 302

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