The Transformation of the State
Beyond the Myth of Retreat
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Beschreibung
Recent years have seen a range of theoretical challenges to traditional notions of state sovereignty and a burgeoning debate about the power of the state in the face of globalization and new forms of governance. In this important new text, Georg Sørensen provides a systematic assessment of the contemporary state, steering a middle course between those who argue the state is in retreat and their critics. In so doing he sheds new light on just what is actually changing in the nature of sovereign statehood, on changes in the relative power of different states and on the changing relationship between the domestic and external aspects of state power.
- Clearly and accessibly written introduction to the major debates about the nature of the modern state and whether and how it has changed in the face of globalization and other challenges
- Unique in systematically covering a whole range of states, including 'third world' as well as OECD
- Powerful case by a highly regarded academic for argument that the capacities and powers of the state have not weakened though they have substantially changed
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Georg Sørensen
Themen in »The Transformation of the State«
globalization governance government OECD sovereignty Third World transformation