State and Civil Society: The Limits of a Royal Commission

In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 379-401

Abstract

AbstractThis study assesses the contribution of five of the research studies done for the Macdonald Royal Commission and of the opening chapter of the Commission Report to our understanding of the state. It examines the use of the term state, the economic and social functions that the latter is seen to perform, and the light that these studies may shed on such thorny topics as authority, legitimacy and citizenship in the late twentieth century. It concludes that, despite individual contributions of note, there are real limitations to what this Commission and its research associates tell us about the state.