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Kimberly Morgan - The Many Hands of the State: Theorizing Political Authority and Social Control - 9781107135291 - V9781107135291
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The Many Hands of the State: Theorizing Political Authority and Social Control

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Description for The Many Hands of the State: Theorizing Political Authority and Social Control hardcover. This book offers a sampling of cutting-edge research on the state, pointing to future directions for research and providing innovative ways of theorizing states. Editor(s): Morgan, Kimberly J.; Orloff, Ann Shola. Num Pages: 424 pages, 12 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
The state is central to social scientific and historical inquiry today, reflecting its importance in domestic and international affairs. States kill, coerce, fight, torture, and incarcerate, yet they also nurture, protect, educate, redistribute, and invest. It is precisely because of the complexity and wide-ranging impacts of states that research on them has proliferated and diversified. Yet, too many scholars inhabit separate academic silos, and theorizing of states has become dispersed and disjointed. This book aims to bridge some of the many gaps between scholarly endeavors, bringing together scholars from a diverse array of disciplines and perspectives who study states and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107135291
SKU
V9781107135291
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About Kimberly Morgan
Kimberly J. Morgan is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, Washington DC. She received her PhD in political science from Princeton University, New Jersey and has been a fellow at New York University's Institute of French Studies, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Scholars in Health Policy Research program at Yale University, Connecticut, and the Woodrow ... Read more

Reviews for The Many Hands of the State: Theorizing Political Authority and Social Control
'This is one of the finest edited volumes I have ever had the pleasure of reading. The editors eloquently lay out the need for a new stock-taking on one of the most important concepts in the social sciences. An exemplary piece of collective scholarship.' Dan Slater, University of Chicago 'This cornucopia offers fresh vantages, understanding, and instruction about the modern ... Read more

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