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The state : theories and issues

edited by Colin Hay, Michael Lister and David Marsh

(Political analysis)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-295) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781403934253

Description

Broad-ranging in its coverage and truly international in scope, 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. Chapters have been specially commissioned to a common format and are written by an international cast of leading authorities.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • C.Hay & M.Lister.- Pluralism
  • M.Smith.- Elitism
  • M.Evans.- (What's Marxist About) Marxist State Theory
  • C.Hay.- Public Choice
  • A.Hindmoor.- Institutionalism
  • V.A.Schmidt.- Feminism
  • J.Kantola Green Theory
  • M.Paterson, P.Doran & J.Barry.- Poststructuralism
  • A.Finlayson & J.Martin.- Globalization and the State
  • D.Marsh, N.Smith & N.Hothi.- The Transformation of the State
  • G.Sørensen.- Governance, Government and the State
  • B.Guy Peters & J.Pierre.- Public.Private: The Boundaries of the State
  • M.Flinders.- Conclusion
  • M.Lister & D.Marsh.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781403934260

Description

Broad-ranging in its coverage and truly international in scope, 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. Chapters have been specially commissioned to a common format and are written by an international cast of leading authorities.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • C.Hay & M.Lister.- Pluralism
  • M.Smith.- Elitism
  • M.Evans.- (What's Marxist About) Marxist State Theory
  • C.Hay.- Public Choice
  • A.Hindmoor.- Institutionalism
  • V.A.Schmidt.- Feminism
  • J.Kantola Green Theory
  • M.Paterson, P.Doran & J.Barry.- Poststructuralism
  • A.Finlayson & J.Martin.- Globalization and the State
  • D.Marsh, N.Smith & N.Hothi.- The Transformation of the State
  • G.Sorensen.- Governance, Government and the State
  • B.Guy Peters & J.Pierre.- Public.Private: The Boundaries of the State
  • M.Flinders.- Conclusion
  • M.Lister & D.Marsh.

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