John Dryzek, Patrick Dunleavy

Theories of the Democratic State (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This major work provides a broad-ranging assessment of classical and contemporary theories of the state, focusing primarily on the democratic state. As well as outlining theories used to understand the state, it examines critiques of modern states that have emerged from feminism, environmentalism, neo-conservatism and post-modernism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230366459
• Artikelnr.: 47860182

Autorenporträt

JOHN DRYZEK is Professor of Political Science and Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The State and Liberal Democratic Politics.- PART I: CLASSICAL VIEWS.- Pluralism.- Elite Theory.- Marxism.- Market Liberalism.- PART II: PLURALIST TRANSFORMATIONS.- From Neo-Pluralism to Governance.- Competitive Electoral Politics.- Identity Politics.- PART III: CRITIQUES OF THE STATE.- Democratic Critique and Renewal.- Feminist Theory of the State.- Environmental Theory of the State.- The Conservative Reaction.- PART IV: BEYOND THE STATE.- Post-Modernism.- Globalization.- Current and Future Debates About the State.