Despite the extensive debate about the impact of globalization, democratization and new forms of governance, there have been surprisingly few attempts to provide an integrated account of the state in the contemporary world. Roger King and Gavin Kendall's text is designed to fill the gap and provide an accessible but informed introduction for students. It covers both the rise of the state and its increasing reach and interventionism in the 20th century and argues that its power and influence are in decline in the face of globalization and new forms of governance in the 21st century.
Despite the extensive debate about the impact of globalization, democratization and new forms of governance, there have been surprisingly few attempts...
Despite the extensive debate about the impact of globalization, democratization and new forms of governance, there have been surprisingly few attempts to provide an integrated account of the state in the contemporary world. Roger King and Gavin Kendall's new text is designed to fill the gap and provide an accessible but informed introduction for today's students. It covers both the rise of the state and its increasing reach and interventionism in the 20th century and argues that its power and influence are now in decline in the face of globalization and new forms of governance in the 21st...
Despite the extensive debate about the impact of globalization, democratization and new forms of governance, there have been surprisingly few attempts...
'At last, a student-friendly guide that answers the question: Yes, but how do you do Foucault? Kendall and Wickham address the thorny question of how-to-Foucault in a clear, distinctive manner that stands out in the secondary literature on this important thinker' - Toby Miller, New York University
'At last, a student-friendly guide that answers the question: Yes, but how do you do Foucault? Kendall and Wickham address the thorny question of how-...
'At last, a student-friendly guide that answers the question: Yes, but how do you do Foucault? Kendall and Wickham address the thorny question of how-to-Foucault in a clear, distinctive manner that stands out in the secondary literature on this important thinker' - Toby Miller, New York University
'At last, a student-friendly guide that answers the question: Yes, but how do you do Foucault? Kendall and Wickham address the thorny question of how-...
Understanding Culture offers an accessible and comprehensive overview of the field of cultural studies whilst also proposing a different way of doing' cultural studies. It focuses on the ways in which cultural objects and practices serve as both a means of ordering people's lives and as markers of that ordering. The book reviews the state of the discipline of cultural studies and suggests a new theoretical and methodological orientation drawing on the work of: Foucault; scepticism, Wittgenstein; Harvey Sacks and John Law; uses insights from a variety of sources to examine the complex ways in...
Understanding Culture offers an accessible and comprehensive overview of the field of cultural studies whilst also proposing a different way of doing'...
Understanding Culture offers an accessible and comprehensive overview of the field of cultural studies whilst also proposing a different way of 'doing' cultural studies. It focuses on the ways in which cultural objects and practices serve as both a means of ordering people's lives and as markers of that ordering. The book reviews the state of the discipline of cultural studies and suggests a new theoretical and methodological orientation drawing on the work of: Foucault; scepticism, Wittgenstein; Harvey Sacks and John Law; uses insights from a variety of sources to examine the complex ways in...
Understanding Culture offers an accessible and comprehensive overview of the field of cultural studies whilst also proposing a different way of 'doing...
The dream of a cosmopolitical utopia has been around for thousands of years. Yet the promise of being locally situated while globally connected and mobile has never seemed more possible than today. Through a classical sociological approach, this book analyses the political, technological and cultural systems underlying cosmopolitanism.
The dream of a cosmopolitical utopia has been around for thousands of years. Yet the promise of being locally situated while globally connected and mo...
