Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780511155284
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Content:
The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's 'state-in-society' approach.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Introduction -- 1 The State-in-Society Approach -- State-in-Society as an Approach to Studying Domination and Change -- A New Definition of the State -- Method in Comparative Studies -- New Answers to Old Questions: Research Using the State-in-Society Approach -- Issue 1: Growing Ethnic Violence -- Issue 2: The Growing Power of the Judiciary -- Issue 3: State and Nation -- Conclusion -- PART II Rethinking Social and Political Change -- 2 A Model of State-Society Relations -- Introduction: Images of the Impact of State on Society -- Explaining Order and Change through Dichotomous Models of Society -- The Center-Periphery Model -- States and Societies: Organizations in a Melange -- The Constraints on States -- Survival of Local Control -- Lack of a Strong Political Base -- Conclusion: New Directions for Research -- 3 Strong States, Weak States -- Two Images of the State -- The Dilemma of State Leaders -- At the Apex: The Politics of Survival -- The Big Shuffle -- Nonmerit Appointments -- Overlapping Bureaucratic Functions: Building a Praetorian Giant -- Dirty Tricks -- Building Coalitions and a Domestic Balance of Power -- The Politics of Administration -- Politics at the Local Level: Accommodation and the Capture of the State -- Conclusion -- PART III A Process-Oriented Approach -- 4 An Anthropology of the State -- Society -- The State -- The Junctures of States and Societies -- 5 Why Do So Many States Stay Intact? -- A Global Environment Empowering States -- The Organizational Imperatives of the State -- Inefficient States Keep on Going -- Constituting the State -- 1. Law -- 2. Public Ritual -- 3. Informal Behavior in the Public Sphere -- Conclusion -- PART IV Linking Micro- and Macro-Level Change.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521792868
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521797063
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521792868
Language:
English
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