Impersonal power : : history and theory of the bourgeois state / / by Heide Gerstenberger ; translated by David Fernbach.

The point of departure of Heide Gerstenberger’s path-breaking work is a critique of structural-functionalist theory of the state, in both its modernisation theory and materialist variants. Prof. Gerstenberger opposes to these a historical-theoretical explanation that proceeds from the long-term stru...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Historical Materialism Book Series 15.
Physical Description:1 online resource (815 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Part One. The Rise Of Bourgeois States: Preconditions For An Explanation / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Part Two. From Ancien Régime To Bourgeois State: England / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Part Three. From Ancien Régime To Bourgeois Society: France / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Part Four. Results Of The Historical Comparison / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Part Five. The Organisation Of Generalised Power: A Conceptual Framework For Historical Epochs / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Annotated Bibliography / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach
  • Index / H. Gerstenberger and D. Fernbach.