Analyzes the ongoing relevance of a revitalized state theory to today’s political debates.

With increasing globalization, the meaning and role of the nation-state are in flux. At the same time, state theory, which might help to explain such a trend, has fallen victim to the general decline of radical movements, particularly the crisis in Marxism. This volume seeks to enrich and complicate current political debates by bringing state theory back to the fore and assessing its relevance to the social phenomena and thought of our day. Throughout, it becomes clear that, whether confronting the challenges of postmodern and neo-institutionalist theory or the crisis of the welfare state and globalization, state theory still has great analytical and strategic value.

Contributors: Clyde W. Barrow, U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Richard A. Cloward; Adriano Nervo Codato, Federal U of ParanÁ, Brazil; Bob Jessop, Lancaster U, UK; Andreas Kalyvas, U of Michigan; Rhonda F. Levine, Colgate U; Leo Panitch, York U; Renato Monseff Perissinotto, Federal U of ParanÁ, Brazil; Frances Fox Piven, CUNY; Paul Thomas, U of California, Berkeley; Constantine Tsoukalas, U of Athens.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780816632947
Publisert
2002-08-01
Utgiver
University of Minnesota Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
328

Forfatter
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Biografisk notat

Stanley Aronowitz is distinguished professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Peter Bratsis is adjunct lecturer in political science at Queens College, City University of New York.