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The State: Past, Present, Future
Bob Jessop
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Description for The State: Past, Present, Future
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 478.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745633053
SKU
V9780745633053
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About Bob Jessop
Bob Jessop is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University
Reviews for The State: Past, Present, Future
A crowning achievement - Bob Jessop at his accessible best. An extraordinarily rich and important work in which the author combines his characteristic precision, range and analytical flair with that, oh so important, final ingredient - sheer accessibilty. A genuine tour do force and surely the point of departure for all subsequent scholarship on the state. Colin Hay, Sciences Po, ... Read more