State Power

Bob Jessop presents an uptodate account of his distinctive approach to the dialectics of structure and strategy in the exercise of state power While his earlier work critically surveys other state theories this book focuses on the development of his own strategicrelational approach It introduces its main sources outlines its development applies this approach to four case studies and sketches a strategicrelational research agenda Thus the book presents a comprehensive theoretical statement of the approach and guidelines for its application Key features of the book include an account of the authors theoretical development a review of recent developments in state theory and the cultural turn in political economy critical strategicrelational rereadings of major state theorists Marx on political representation Gramsci on the spatiality of state power Poulantzas on the state as a social relation and the later Foucault on statecraft applications of the strategicrelational approach to important issues concerning the contemporary state its gendered selectivity the future of the national state the states temporal sovereignty and the relevance of multiscalar metagovernance in Europe for the more general future of the state The book concludes with recommendations for future strategicrelational research in political economy and state theory Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online Pages 136 Chapters British English British Royal Family Punch and Judy Bhangra Postcard Quarter days British comedy Bank holiday Cross quarter day Pub quiz Angry young men Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures Commerce Shrove Tuesday Cottaging Mothering Sunday Culture of the United Kingdom British Council Coronation of the British monarch Culture of Yorkshire British diaspora Alternative names for the British Royal Society of Literature UFO sightin