The State in Contemporary Society: An IntroductionA successor to the author's 1987 book, Structures of Power, this text on the role of the state in politics and the exercise of political power focuses on critical perspectives on state theory. It covers different theories and debates on the power and role of the state (eg liberal-democratic, pluralist, Marxist) and analyzes the main problems of the liberal-democratic state in contemporary politics. The text is designed to form a broad introduction to the study of politics in a rapidly changing world. |
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The liberaldemocratic state and critical perspectives | 27 |
The pluralist view of politics | 48 |
The elitist theory of politics | 68 |
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