Power and the State

Höfundur: Martin J. Smith (Útgáfa: 1)
Power and the State

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In this important new text, Martin Smith reassesses traditional debates about power and how they understand the nature and impact of the state. He develops an analysis of the new forms of state power that have developed in response to the perceived challenges of globalization and governance.

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Útgefandi
Bloomsbury UK
ISBN
9781350311800
Print ISBN
9780333964620
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Martin J. Smith
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2009-08-14
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
10

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Understanding Power: Traditional Approaches
  • The power debate
  • Pluralism
  • Rational choice theory
  • Conclusion
  • 2. Understanding Power: Radical Approaches
  • The other dimensions of power
  • Power: luck or structure?
  • Power and structure
  • Poststructuralism and the defacing of power
  • Conclusion
  • 3. The State and Power
  • The liberal perspective: pluralism and rational choice
  • Rational choice theory and state power
  • Elitism and neo-Weberian approaches to state power
  • Radical approaches to state power
  • Conclusion
  • 4. A Framework for Analysing Power and the State
  • Power, capacity and agents
  • A framework for understanding power
  • Conclusion
  • 5. The Development of the State from Modernity to Pastmodernity
  • The development of the modern and pastmodern state
  • From extensive to intensive to fragmented power
  • Postmodern delivery
  • The partiality of the modern state
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Legitimacy, Authority and Bureaucracy
  • Legitimacy and the liberal state
  • The modern state: bureaucracy, authority and force
  • The problem of authority
  • Nationalism and legitimacy
  • Fear, trust and authority
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Force and Terror
  • Force and terror in authoritarian regimes
  • From force to terror
  • The problem of totalitarianism
  • Using force and terror in ‘democratic’ regimes
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Rationality and Regulation
  • Rational choice ontology and incentives
  • Principal–agent theory
  • Incentives and public policy
  • Regulation and choice
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Surveillance
  • Developing surveillance
  • The implications of surveillance
  • Conclusion
  • 10. Risk
  • Understanding the dimensions of risk
  • Risk and government
  • Analysing risk in politics
  • Implicit with risk is a notion of power
  • Conclusion
  • 11. States and the Moral Order
  • Developing moral politics
  • The new right and individual responsibility
  • Moral panic and obesity
  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Conclusion
  • 12. The Limits of the State: Invisibility, Resistance and Constraint
  • The debate on declining state power
  • Invisibility in the modern state
  • Resistance
  • Implementation and subversion
  • External limits – the case of climate change
  • Conclusion
  • 13. Conclusion
  • Modernism and exceptionalism
  • Theories and their limitations
  • States after the crises
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index