The changing architecture of politics : structure, agency, and the future of the state
This analysis offers an explanation of the changing nature of the state. The author argues that despite the emergence of transnational structures, the architecture of politics is not moving beyond the nation-State.
1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages)
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Preface and IntroductionPART ONE: THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL STRUCTURATION: STRUCTURE, AGENCY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STATEPolitical Structuration and Political ScienceThe Elements of Political StructurePatterns of Agency Markets, Hierarchies and Political AllocationThe Modern State at the Crossroads Structuring the Field of Political ActionPART TWO: CHANGING PATTERNS OF POLITICAL STRUCTURATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE STATEThe Limits of Political Power Personal Leadership and Party SystemsThe State and Interest Intermediation Patterns of Collaborative BehaviourThe Paradox of Civil Society De-differentiation and Re-differentiation in the Contemporary StateTransnational Structures and the State Responses From the Welfare State to the Competition StateEpilogue Political Structuration and Political Ideas in the 21st Century
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