JOHN S. DRYZEK is Professor of Political Science and Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. PATRICK DUNLEAVY is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Chair at the London School of Economics and Politics Science, UK.

"At a time when many are rethinking the relationship between state and market, this is a very useful survey setting the issues in historical and theoretical perspective. Like its predecessor, Dunleavy and O'Leary's Theories of the State, it will be very effective for course use." - Peter A. Hall, Harvard University "[A] good introductory book which can be warmly recommended to its intended audience" - Edwin Van de Haar, Political Studies

• Introduction: The State and Liberal Democratic PoliticsPART I: CLASSICAL VIEWSPluralismElite TheoryMarxismMarket LiberalismPART II: PLURALIST TRANSFORMATIONSFrom Neo-Pluralism to GovernanceCompetitive Electoral PoliticsIdentity PoliticsPART III: CRITIQUES OF THE STATEDemocratic Critique and RenewalFeminist Theory of the StateEnvironmental Theory of the StateThe Conservative ReactionPART IV:BEYOND THE STATEPost-ModernismGlobalizationCurrent and Future Debates About the State.

JOHN S. DRYZEK is Professor of Political Science and Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. PATRICK DUNLEAVY is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Chair at the London School of Economics and Politics Science, UK.

"At a time when many are rethinking the relationship between state and market, this is a very useful survey setting the issues in historical and theoretical perspective. Like its predecessor, Dunleavy and O'Leary's Theories of the State, it will be very effective for course use." - Peter A. Hall, Harvard University "[A] good introductory book which can be warmly recommended to its intended audience" - Edwin Van de Haar, Political Studies

• Introduction: The State and Liberal Democratic PoliticsPART I: CLASSICAL VIEWSPluralismElite TheoryMarxismMarket LiberalismPART II: PLURALIST TRANSFORMATIONSFrom Neo-Pluralism to GovernanceCompetitive Electoral PoliticsIdentity PoliticsPART III: CRITIQUES OF THE STATEDemocratic Critique and RenewalFeminist Theory of the StateEnvironmental Theory of the StateThe Conservative ReactionPART IV:BEYOND THE STATEPost-ModernismGlobalizationCurrent and Future Debates About the State.