| State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World Contributor(s): Migdal, Joel Samuel (Editor), Kohli, Atul (Editor), Shue, Vivienne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1139174266 ISBN-13: 9781139174268 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 306.2 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
| 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. |