The state of state theory : state projects, repression, and multi-sites of power / Davita Silfen Glasberg, Abbey Willis and Deric Shannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glasberg, Davita Silfen, author.

Willis, Abbey, author.

Shannon, Deric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Power (Social sciences).

Political persecution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.

Summary:

"In The State of State Theory: State Projects, Repression, and Multi-Sites of Power, Glasberg, Willis, and Shannon argue that state theories should be amended to account both for theoretical developments broadly in the contemporary period as well as the multiple sites of power along which the state governs. Using state projects and policies around political economy, sexuality and family, food, welfare policy, racial formation, and social movements as narrative accounts in how the state operates, the authors argue for a complex and intersectional approach to state theory. In doing so, they expand outside of the canon to engage with perspectives within critical race theory, queer theory, and beyond to build theoretical tools for a contemporary and critical state theory capable of providing the foundations for understanding how the state governs, what is at stake in its governance, and, importantly, how people resist and engage with state power."--Back cover.

Contents:

Power and the state

Breaking the theoretical stalemate : state projects and a multi-site model of power and the state

State projects and economic intervention : balancing political forces

State projects and heteronormativity : framing and selectivity filters

State projects and social movements : racial formation and the state

State projects and the human right to shelter : balancing political forces and intersecting relations of inequality and domination

State projects and the human right to food : direct action and balancing political forces

Intersections of state projects, multi-sites of power, and the welfare state

Where do we go from here? Implications and steps forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-4249-2