| State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World Contributor(s): Migdal, Joel S. (Editor), Shue, Vivienne (Editor), Kohli, Atul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521467349 ISBN-13: 9780521467346 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1994 Annotation: This eminently readable collection of high-quality, country-specific essays on Third World politics provides, through a variety of well-integrated themes and approaches, an examination of 'state theory' as it has been practiced in the past, and how it must be refined for the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science |
| Dewey: 306.209 |
| LCCN: 93048757 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.95" W x 8.89" (1.06 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a collection of scholarly essays on state, society and politics in the Third World, with cases drawn from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. The introductory chapter outlines the theoretical approach of the contributors and the concluding chapter summarizes the importance of their studies and the contribution of the volume to general theory in comparative politics. The book is relevant to the growing state theory literature in the social sciences and it puts forward a state-in-society approach to the study of political development. |