Rethinking State Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415208925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 296 str.

Mark J. Smith

Opis

In the last two decades, objects of analysis such as the state have increasingly been seen as uncertain and contested theoretical concepts. The very idea of the state as a recognizable object of analysis has been questioned. This work presents the argument that existing theories of the state can be taken seriously as a way of addressing the present problems of understanding governance. The book raises questions to highlight how existing theoretical approaches can provide useful tools for understanding contemporary political developments. For example: has governance deserted the state as traditionally understood?; and was the state always the primary focus of attention in state theory in the first place?

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Situating the state: metatheorizing and critical exegesis 2. Empiricism, idealism, realism 3. Polyarchic civility and the state 4. The horizon of catallactic possibilities 5. Capitalism, the state and societalization 6. Metatheorizing the state: preliminary conclusions

O autorze

Mark J Smith, Mark J. Smith