This book enables students to examine the contemporary state, its history and development, through a very wide variety of theories and ideologies, ranging from liberalism to feminism to fundamentalism. It takes a genuinely global perspective and concludes with a useful discussion of the relationship between the state and a variety of globalization theories.
Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, ... Read moreUniversity of Bristol The strength of the book is that it contains not only classical democratic and liberal ideologies but also non-democratic and non-liberal ones such as facism and fundamentalism.
Hasan Engin Sener, Akdeniz University, Turkey Political Studies Review This book enables students to examine the contemporary state, its history and development, through a very wide variety of theories and ideologies, ranging from liberalism to feminism to fundamentalism. It takes a genuinely global perspective and concludes with a useful discussion of the relationship between the state and a variety of globalization theories. The strength of the book is that it contains not only classical democratic and liberal ideologies but also non-democratic and non-liberal ones such as facism and fundamentalism. Show Less