Rethinking State Theory

Informationen zum Autor Mark J Smith, Mark J. Smith Klappentext In the last two decades, objects of analysis such as 'the state' have increasingly been seen as uncertain and contested theoretical concepts. Mark J. Smith presents a counter argument that highlights how existing theoretical approaches can provide useful tools for understanding contemporary political developments. Zusammenfassung Examines the connection between theories of the State and approaches to knowledge construction. It focuses on neo-pluralist, neo-liberalist and neo-Marxist thought, analysing the work of Hayek and others. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Mark J Smith, Mark J (Open University Smith, Mark J. Smith, Smith Mark J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2000
• EAN: 9780415208925
• ISBN: 978-0-415-20892-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state