Broad-ranging in its coverage and truly international in scope, this major new text introduces all the main competing theoretical approaches to the study of the state as well as key contested issues in relation to globalization, new forms of governance, the changing public/private boundary, changes in the powers and capacities of states, and the differences between advanced liberal democratic and other states. Chapters have been specially commissioned to a common format and are written by an international cast of leading authorities.
Introduction; C.Hay & M.Lister.- Pluralism; M.Smith.- Elitism; M.Evans.- (What's Marxist About) Marxist State Theory; C.Hay.- Public Choice; A.Hindmoor.- Institutionalism; V.A.Schmidt.- Feminism; J.Kantola Green Theory; M.Paterson, P.Doran & J.Barry.- Poststructuralism; A.Finlayson & J.Martin.- Globalization and the State; D.Marsh, N.Smith & N.Hothi.- The Transformation of the State; G.Sorensen.- Governance, Government and the State; B.Guy Peters & J.Pierre.- Public.Private: The Boundaries of the State; M.Flinders.- Conclusion; M.Lister & D.Marsh.
