Format:
Online-Ressource (296 p)
ISBN:
9780415208925
Series Statement:
Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Content:
Examines the connection between theories of the State and approaches to knowledge construction. It focuses on neo-pluralist, neo-liberalist and neo-Marxist thought, analysing the work of Hayek and others
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Rethinking State Theory ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Situating state theory: metatheorizing and critical exegesis; 2 Empiricism, idealism, realism; Introduction; Empiricism; Challenging empiricism; Idealism; Challenging idealism; Realism; Some metatheoretical reflections on state theory; 3 Polyarchic civility and the state; Introduction: two Dahls or one?; Behaviourist foundations: empiricist epistemology meets empirical realist ontology; The conundrums of power
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Acknowledging complexity: towards a deontology of the futurePluralism goes normative; Imagining polyarchy I: facing the dilemmas; Imagining polyarchy II: fulfilling the third wave; Imagining polyarchy III: civic reorientation and equality; Conclusion; 4 The horizon of catallactic possibilities; Introduction; Time and subjectivity: from praxeology to phenomenology; Knowing the social as mutual exchange: one principle and two postulates; Hayek and the use of knowledge: competition as a discovery procedure; The phenomenological constitution of liberty: rationality, democracy and equality
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Rule of law as a political ideal: the two functions of the stateThe model constitution and the dangers of discretion; Conclusion; 5 Capitalism, the state and societalization; Introduction; Exchange, power and institutionalization: the idealist foundations in Jessop's early work; Towards a theory of the capitalist state I: economy and polity; Towards a theory of the capitalist state II: ideology and polity; From corporatism to Thatcherism: characterizing the conjuncture; Towards the state as strategy; Autopoiesis and relative autonomy
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The new synthesis: state theory, regulation theory and discourse analysisWhither state theory?; 6 Metatheorizing the state: preliminary conclusions; Introduction; Dahl and realism?; Hayek and realism?; Jessop and realism?; Problems in realism; Some preliminary comments on further research in state theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
9781136295935
Additional Edition:
Print version Rethinking State Theory
Language:
English
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