The Modern State by Erika Cudworth
An accessible introduction to a wide range of theoretical perspectives on the modern state and a comprehensive overview of modern state theory.
This book enables students to examine the contemporary state, its history and development, through a very wide variety of theories and ideologies, ranging from liberalism to feminism to fundamentalismIt takes a genuinely global perspective and concludes with a useful discussion of the relationship between the state and a variety of globalization theories. -- Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol The strength of the book is that it contains not only classical democratic and liberal ideologies but also non-democratic and non-liberal ones such as facism and fundamentalism. -- Hasan Engin Sener, Akdeniz University, Turkey Political Studies Review This book enables students to examine the contemporary state, its history and development, through a very wide variety of theories and ideologies, ranging from liberalism to feminism to fundamentalism. It takes a genuinely global perspective and concludes with a useful discussion of the relationship between the state and a variety of globalization theories. The strength of the book is that it contains not only classical democratic and liberal ideologies but also non-democratic and non-liberal ones such as facism and fundamentalism.
Erika Cudworth is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Politics at the University of East London. She is author of Environment and Society (2003) and Developing Ecofeminist Theory (2005). Timothy Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of East London. John McGovern is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of East London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748621767 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748621768 |
| Title | The Modern State |
| Author | Erika Cudworth |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2007-07-13 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
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