Theories of the Democratic State

by John Dryzek, Patrick Dunleavy, John S. Dryzek

Book Overview

We live in a world governed by states whose enduring importance and domination of contemporary politics has been strikingly underlined by their renewed activism in the face of a global economic crisis.

Yet the very nature of states remains deeply contested, with a range of competing theories offering very different views of how they actually do or should operate. In the past this competition has lead to deep ideological conflict - and even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230542875
• ISBN13: 9780230542877
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"