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The modern state : theories and ideologies / Erika Cudworth, Tim Hall and John McGovern.
LIBRA JC11 .C83 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cudworth, Erika, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--History.
- Political science.
- History.
- State, The.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 322 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Broad ranging in its coverage of the liberal democratic state and other, non-democratic state formations, this book offers chapters on each of the core theories of the modern state. Each chapter is structured in the same way to allow for ease of cross-referencing and for comparisons to be drawn between theories, with parts on Context, Definition, Theorists and Practical Politics.
- There are chapters on: Emergence of the Modern State, Liberalism, Elite Theories, Marxism, Socialism, Anarchism, Conservatism, Fascism, Feminisms, The New Right, Fundamentalism, Futures.
- The authors work on the premise that theory is relevant to everyday life, helping us to understand current political transitions and institutional formations and practices. Taking a practical view of politics, each chapter illustrates how state theory has been deployed in recent historical contexts and policy initiatives, using examples to bring the theory to life.
- Contents:
- More than an abstraction? The idea of the modern state 2
- Aims and approach: ideologies, theories and politics 5
- The chapters 10
- 1 The Emergence of the Modern State 20
- Two concepts of sovereignty 20
- The modern state as a law-state 24
- Warfare and the making of the modern state 26
- The modern state and representation 28
- The modern state and democracy 29
- The growth of state power: the end of the law-state? 33
- 2 Liberalism: the Pluralist State 37
- Context 41
- Theorists 50
- Practical politics 57
- 3 The State and the Power Elite 63
- Context 64
- Theorists 75
- Practical politics 82
- 4 Marxism: the State as a Real Illusion 91
- Context 92
- Theorists 99
- Practical politics 108
- 5 The Social Democratic State 113
- Context 115
- Theorists 121
- Practical politics 130
- 6 Anarchism: the Politics of Anti-Statism 137
- Context 139
- Theorists 143
- Practical politics 150
- 7 Fascism: Overcoming the Modern State 159
- Context 160
- Theorists 167
- Practical politics 179
- 8 Conservatism: Authority in the Modern State 188
- Context 188
- Theorists 194
- Practical politics 202
- 9 Feminisms: the Gendering of the State 214
- Context 215
- Theorists 222
- Practical politics 229
- 10 The 'New' Right: the Minimal State 240
- Context 242
- Theorists 248
- Practical politics 255
- 11 Fundamentalism: the Godly State 265
- Context 265
- Theorists 272
- Practical politics 277
- 12 Futures: Theorising the State in a 'Global Age' 289
- Context 291
- Theories 295
- Practical politics 303
- The nation-state in the twenty-first century 308.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780748621750
- 074862175X
- 0748621768
- 9780748621767
- OCLC:
- 86167665
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