Paradigm Lost : State Theory Reconsidered

Aronowitz, Stanley (EDT); Bratsis, Peter (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0816632944 / ISBN 13: 9780816632947

Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2002

Seller Inventory # 762892-n

Synopsis:

Analyzes the ongoing relevance of a revitalized state theory to today’s political debates.

With increasing globalization, the meaning and role of the nation-state are in flux. At the same time, state theory, which might help to explain such a trend, has fallen victim to the general decline of radical movements, particularly the crisis in Marxism. This volume seeks to enrich and complicate current political debates by bringing state theory back to the fore and assessing its relevance to the social phenomena and thought of our day. Throughout, it becomes clear that, whether confronting the challenges of postmodern and neo-institutionalist theory or the crisis of the welfare state and globalization, state theory still has great analytical and strategic value.

Contributors: Clyde W. Barrow, U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Richard A. Cloward; Adriano Nervo Codato, Federal U of Paraná, Brazil; Bob Jessop, Lancaster U, UK; Andreas Kalyvas, U of Michigan; Rhonda F. Levine, Colgate U; Leo Panitch, York U; Renato Monseff Perissinotto, Federal U of Paraná, Brazil; Frances Fox Piven, CUNY; Paul Thomas, U of California, Berkeley; Constantine Tsoukalas, U of Athens.

About the Author:

Stanley Aronowitz is distinguished professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Peter Bratsis is adjunct lecturer in political science at Queens College, City University of New York.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Paradigm Lost : State Theory Reconsidered
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New