The Modern State : : Theories and Ideologies / / John McGovern, Erika Cudworth, Timothy Hall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cudworth, Erika,; Hall, Timothy,; McGovern, John,
• MitwirkendeR: Cudworth, Erika,; Hall, Tim,; McGovern, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

Broad ranging in its coverage of the liberal democratic state and other, non-democratic state formations, the book offers chapters on each of the core theories of the modern state. Each chapter is structured in the same way to allow for ease of cross-referencing and for comparisons to be drawn between theories, with parts on Context, Definition, Theorists and Practical Politics.There are chapters on:The Emergence of the Modern StateLiberalismElite TheoriesMarxismSocialismAnarchismConservatismFascismFeminismsThe New RightFundamentalismFutures The authors work on the premise that theory is relevant to everyday life, helping us to understand current political transitions and institutional formations and practices. Taking a practical view of politics, each chapter illustrates how state theory has been deployed in recent historical contexts and policy initiatives, using examples to bring the theory to life.Key Features Unique in considering the liberal democratic state and other, non-democratic state formationsIncludes a wide range of examples, such as Marxist states in Eastern Europe and non-secular, militarist and emergent democratic states in the developing worldCovers a wide theoretical range and includes less well-known ideas and approaches such as those of fundamentalism, fascism and anarchismShows how different theories of the state have affected the framing and implementation of policies, or the history of political parties and movements

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE The Emergence of the Modern State -- CHAPTER TWO Liberalism: the Pluralist State -- CHAPTER THREE The State and the Power Elite -- CHAPTER FOUR Marxism: the State as a Real Illusion -- CHAPTER FIVE The Social Democratic State -- CHAPTER SIX Anarchism: the Politics of Anti-Statism -- CHAPTER SEVEN Fascism: Overcoming the Modern State -- CHAPTER EIGHT Conservatism: Authority in the Modern State -- CHAPTER NINE Feminisms: the Gendering of the State -- CHAPTER TEN The ‘New’ Right: the Minimal State -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Fundamentalism: the Godly State -- CHAPTER TWELVE Futures: Theorising the State in a ‘Global Age’ -- Index