Power and the State [Paperback]

In this important new text, Martin Smith reassesses traditional debates about power and how they understand the nature and impact of the state. He develops an analysis of the new forms of state power that have developed in response to the perceived challenges of globalization and governance.
 In this important new text, Martin Smith reassesses traditional debates about power and how they understand the nature and impact of the state. He develops an analysis of the new forms of state power that have developed in response to the perceived challenges of globalization and governance.
?Introduction.- PART I: THEORIES OF STATE POWER.- Understanding Power: Traditional Approaches.- Understanding Power: Radical Approaches.- States and Power.- A Framework for Analysing State Power.- PART II: MECHANISMS OF STATE POWER.- The Development of the State from Modernity to Past-modernity.- Legitimacy, Authority and Bureaucracy.- Force and Terror.- Rationality and Regulation.- Surveillance.- Risk.- States and the Moral Order.- The Limits of State Power.- Conclusion.
MARTIN J. SMITH is Professor of Politics and Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield. He has published widely on British Politics and Public Policy and is currently editor of Political Studies.