The State

Theories and Issues
2005 ed
ISBN: 978-1-4039-3425-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education UK

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 638 g

Reihe: Political Analysis

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.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hay, Colin

Lister, Michael

Marsh, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

COLIN HAY is Professor of Political Sociology and Head of Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. MICHAEL LISTER is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brookes University, UK.DAVID MARSH is Professor of Political Sociology and Head of Department of Sociology, University of Birmingham, UK.