State of State Theory

State Projects, Repression, and Multi-Sites of Power

AvDavita Silfen Glasberg,Abbey S. Willis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

In The State of State Theory: State Projects, Repression, and Multi-Sites of Power, Glasberg, Willis, and Shannon argue that state theories should be amended to account both for theoretical developments broadly in the contemporary period as well as the multiple sites of power along which the state governs. Using state projects and policies around political economy, sexuality and family, food, welfare policy, racial formation, and social movements as narrative accounts in how the state operates, the authors argue for a complex and intersectional approach to state theory. In doing so, they expand outside of the canon to engage with perspectives within critical race theory, queer theory, and beyond to build theoretical tools for a contemporary and critical state theory capable of providing the foundations for understanding how the state governs, what is at stake in its governance, and, importantly, how people resist and engage with state power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-21
Mått:160 x 236 x 21 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498542487

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Davita Silfen Glasberg is interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut.Abbey S. Willis is PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Connecticut.Deric Shannon is associate professor of sociology at Emory University’s Oxford College.

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The State of State Theory brings together feminist, critical race, and queer theories with globalization literature and anarchist anti-state analysis to advance critical, transformative understanding of the state and society. The authors skillfully take us through a history of state theorising before outlining a novel approach that recognizes the complexities of power while also providing a set of sharp, analytical tools. Using these to present a hard-hitting, persuasive critique of contemporary politics, they expose the injustices and oppressions of the state and shows us how social movements are able to resist and challenge the power relationships and policies that states support, internally and globally. Refusing to make predictions about the future, they set out where social activism might take us. With admirable clarity, they show us how powerful states are but also reminds us of their historical contingency and vulnerability.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction: Power and the StateChapter 2 Breaking the Theoretical Stalemate: State Projects and a Multi-Site Model of Power and the StateChapter 3 State Projects and Economic Intervention: Balancing Political ForcesChapter 4 State Projects and Heteronormativity: Framing and Selectivity FiltersChapter 5 State Projects and Social Movements: Racial Formation and the StateChapter 6 State Projects and The Human Right to Shelter: Balancing Political Forces and Intersecting Structures of OppressionChapter 7 State Projects and The Human Right to Food: Direct Action and Balancing Political ForcesChapter 8 Intersections of State Projects, Multi-Sites of Power and The Welfare StateChapter 9 Where Do We Go From Here? Implications and Steps ForwardIndexAbout the Author