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The state: past, present, future
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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- Notes -- Part I: The State as Concept, Relation, and Reality -- 2: The Concept of the State -- Notes on the Difficulties of Studying the State -- So What Is the State? -- The Three-Element Approach -- More on the Territorialization of Political Power -- The Polymorphic Character of the State -- Stateness as a Variable -- Constituting the State -- A Four-Element Definition of the State -- Interim Conclusions -- Notes -- 3: The State as a Social Relation -- The Strategic-Relational Approach -- Dimensions of the State -- The Paradox of State and Society -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 4: Power, Interests, Domination, State Effects -- Power as the explanans or the explanandum? -- Interests and Domination -- The State and Class Domination -- The Articulation of Economic, Political, and Ideological Domination -- The Limits to Form Analysis and the State in Capitalist Societies -- On Social Imaginaries and the Critique of Ideologies -- Conclusions -- Note -- Part II: On Territory, Apparatus, and Population -- 5: The State and Space-Time -- Sociospatiality -- Territorialization and State Formation -- Territory, Place, Scale, Network -- Domination and Spatiotemporal Fixes -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6: State and Nation -- National State and Nation-State -- Europe as a Territorial State and as a Nation-State -- Towards a World State and a World Society? -- Notes -- 7: Government + Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy -- Governance and Complexity -- Governance Failure and Meta-Governance -- From Government to Governance -- Meta-Governance as Politics and Policy -- The Success and Failure of Meta-Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy -- Conclusions -- Note -- Part III: Past and Present (Futures) of the State.
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The state: past, present, future
"Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of different interpretations. In this book, distinguished state theorist Bob Jessop provides a critical introduction to the state as both a concept and a reality. He lucidly guides readers through all the major accounts of the state, and examines competing efforts to relate the state to other features of social organization. Essential themes in the analysis of the state are explored in full, including state formation, periodization, the re-scaling of the state and the state's future. Throughout, Jessop clearly defines key terms, from hegemony and coercion to government and governance. He also analyses what we mean when we speak about 'normal' and 'exceptional' states, and states that are 'failed' or 'rogue'. Combining an accessible style with expert sensitivity to the complexities of the state, this short introduction will be core reading for students and scholars of politics and sociology, as well as anyone interested in the changing role of the state in contemporary societies"--
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