The Pluralist Theory Of The State

Author : Paul Q. Hirst
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134967225
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pluralist Theory of the State written by Paul Q. Hirst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English political pluralism is a challenging school of political thought, neglected in recent years but now enjoying a revival of interest. It is particularly relevant today because it offers a critique of centralized sovereign state power. The leading theorists of the pluralist state were G.D.H. Cole, J.N. Figgis and H.J. Laski, and this volume brings together their most important ideas, making accessible a crucial body of work on radical political theory. It includes their major writings, mostly out of print and difficult to obtain, and here gathered together in an anthology for the first time. Current in the first two decades of this century, English political pluralism offered a convincing critique of state sovereignty and proposed a decentralized and federated form of authority - pluralism - in which the affairs of society would be conducted by self-governing and independent associations. Paul Hirst's comprehensive introduction situates English political pluralism historically and gives a critical account of its main theoretical themes and the debate surrounding them. The book will be of interest to those who see radical reform as vital for the future health of democracy, to students of political theory and the history of political thought and also to students of jurisprudence and legal theory interested in the pluralist debate as it affects the concept of legal sovereignty.

Author : Marcel Wissenburg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134034903
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Pluralism and the State written by Marcel Wissenburg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first work in political theory to bring together IR, comparative politics and political theory approaches to analyze the post-sovereign state and develop a new interpretative scheme for social and political scientists

Author : Robert R. Alford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521316354
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Powers of Theory written by Robert R. Alford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-10-31 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evaluation of different theories of the nature of the state in capitalist democracies.

Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349235989
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pluralist State written by David Nicholls and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a critical account of the political pluralism of Figgis, Laski and other English writers of the early twentieth century, indicating its whig roots in the previous century. Pluralists believed in liberty, preserved by power decentralised, and in group personality. Theories of sovereignty were rejected and a distinctive understanding of the state proposed. Pluralism is particularly relevant to a world where the omnicompetent state has increasingly been called into question and federal structures of authority are the order of the day.

Author : Kung Chuan Hsiao
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317830180
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Pluralism written by Kung Chuan Hsiao and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. This is Volume IV of 6 from the Ethics and Political Philosophy series. It includes a study in contemporary political theory looking at political pluralism or the pluralistic theory of the state, giving a definition of the monistic state and describes the essential features and objections to it.

Author : Rainer Eisfeld
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 384741299X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pluralism written by Rainer Eisfeld and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on the study of democratic processes. Special emphasis is put (1) on the existence of a diversity of (e. g. socio-economic, ethno-cultural,.) interests and the transformation of this diversity into public policies, (2) on the participatory features of democracy and on barriers to individual and group participation due to disparities in economic and political resources.

Author : Patrick Dunleavy
Publisher : New Amsterdam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780941533850
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theories of the State written by Patrick Dunleavy and published by New Amsterdam Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Pluralist, New Right, Elitist, Marxist and Neo-pluralist theories. Provides summary of intellectual origins, methodology and key strengths and weaknesses with examples from United States, Western Europe, etc.

Author : David Runciman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521551919
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pluralism and the Personality of the State written by David Runciman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the broad context of philosophical arguments about group and state personality, Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells, for the first time, the history of political pluralism. The pluralists believed that the state was simply one group among many, and could not therefore be sovereign. They also believed that groups, like individuals, might have personalities of their own. The book examines the philosophical background to political pluralist ideas with particular reference to the work of Thomas Hobbes and the German Otto von Gierke. It also traces the development of pluralist thought before, during and after the First World War. Part Three returns to Hobbes in order to see what conclusions can be drawn about the nature of his Leviathan and the nature of the state as it exists today.

Author : Karlo Basta
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077482820X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Territorial Pluralism written by Karlo Basta and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Territorial pluralism is a form of political autonomy designed to accommodate national, ethnic, or linguistic differences within a state. It has the potential to provide for the peaceful, democratic, and just management of difference. But given traditional concerns about state sovereignty, nation-building, and unity, how realistic is it to expect that a state’s authorities will agree to recognize and empower distinct substate communities? Territorial Pluralism answers this question by examining a wide variety of cases, including developing and industrialized states and democratic and authoritarian regimes. Drawing on examples of both success and failure, contributors analyze specific cases to understand the kinds of institutions that emerge in response to demands for territorial pluralism, as well as their political effects. With identity conflicts continuing to have a major impact on politics around the globe, they argue that territorial pluralism remains a legitimate and effective means for managing difference in multinational states.

Author : Cécile Laborde
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230599605
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pluralist Thought and the State in Britain and France, 1900-25 written by Cécile Laborde and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comparative study of early twentieth-century French and British schools of political pluralism. A wide-ranging survey of the works of thinkers such as JN Figgis, GDH Cole, Harold Laski, Edouard Berth, Maxime Leroy and Léon Duguit, Pluralist Thought and the State in Britain and France, 1900-25 is a major contribution both to the study of national tradition of political thought and to the understanding of relationships between state, groups and individuals in democratic societies.