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State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
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The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's "state-in-society" approach. The essays situate the approach within the classic literature in political science, sociology, and related disciplines but present a new model for understanding state-society relations. It allies parts of the state and groups in society against other such coalitions, determines how societies and states create and maintain distinct ways of structuring day-to-day life, the nature of the rules that govern people's behavior, whom they benefit and whom they disadvantage, which sorts of elements unite people and which divide them, and what shared meaning people hold about their relations with others and their place in the world.

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Author:  Joel S. Migdal
Binding:  Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number:  306.2
EAN:  9780521797061
ISBN:  0521797063
Label:  Cambridge University Press
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Amount:  3099
Currency Code:  USD
Formatted Price:  $30.99
Manufacturer:  Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items:  1
Number Of Pages:  304
Package Dimensions: 
Height:  71
Length:  898
Weight:  79
Width:  598
Product Group:  Book
Publication Date:  2001-08-27
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Studio:  Cambridge University Press
Title:  State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

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Customer Rating: 5
Review Date: 2006-09-28
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Summary: Excellent review of state and society subject
Hegal once said "Philosophy is the history of philosophy". I have the same feeling after reading Migdal's State in Society.

In this book, Migdal masterfully presents his "state in society" theory by examining the history of State-Society study. If his theory can be reduced by some as simply the final stage of a thesis-antithesis-synthesis process (e.g. "culturalist"-"statist"-"state-in-society"), the way he establishes his theory is nevertheless exceptionally informative and eloquent. Migdal does not tell you everything about every author in this grand debate. Yet after reading his book, you will be left with a distinct impression of each author's role and position in the debate.

A must read for students of State-Society studies.


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