Power and the State. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Smith, Martin J (Martin John), 1961-
• Contents: Cover; 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. Conclusion4 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 TerrorForce 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 OrderDeveloping 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.1; Political science; Legislative power; Power (Social sciences); Legislative power; State, The; Legislative power; Power (Social sciences); State, The; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137116129; 9781137116123
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