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Alternative Theories of the State

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  • © 2006

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  1. Steven Pressman
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Alternative Views of the State

    • Steven Pressman
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Pragmatic State: Institutionalist Perspectives on the State

    • William Waller
    Pages 13-33

  4. The Protective Response and the Evolution of the Capitalist State

    • James Ronald Stanfield, Jacqueline B. Stanfield
    Pages 34-63

  5. Marxist Theories of the State

    • Raju J. Das
    Pages 64-90

  6. A New Neoliberal Social Structure of Accumulation for Sustainable Global Growth and Development?

    • Phillip Anthony O’Hara
    Pages 91-112

  7. A Post Keynesian Theory of the State

    • Steven Pressman
    Pages 113-138

  8. A Feminist View of the State

    • Ellen Mutari
    Pages 139-163

  9. The State and Economic Efficiency: A Behavioral Approach

    • Morris Altman
    Pages 164-190

  10. Making the Menu: Russia’s Recipe for Calculating Political-economy Constraints

    • Peter J. Boettke, Bridget I. Butkevich
    Pages 191-216

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-229
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This book examines the role and function of the state in contemporary economics from a number of diverse economic perspectives, including Austrian, feminist, institutionalist, Marxian, radical and Post Keynesian.

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'Pressman brings together seasoned representatives of eight economic traditions...The result is a solid collection of essays that will interest any advanced university student or economist interested in learning what is revealed about the state when viewed through different lenses.' Charles J Whalen - Journal of Economic Issues

'This volume is useful, informative and worth reading. It contributes in inducing further research and improving our understanding of social reality.' - George Liodakis, Science& Society

About the authors

MORRIS ALTMAN Professor of Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada PETER BOETTKE Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA BRIDGET IVANOVNA BUTKEVICH Ph. D. Candidate, George Mason University, USA RAJU J. DAS York University, Canada ELLEN MUTARI Associate Professor of General Studies, Richard Stockton College, USA PHILLIP ANTHONY O'HARA Professor of Global Political Economy & Governance, Global Political Economy Research Unit, Curtin University, Australia JACQUELINE BLOOM STANFIELD Professor of Sociology, University of Northern Colorado, USA JAMES RONALD STANFIELD Professor of Economics, Colorado State University, USA WILLIAM WALLER Professor of Economics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA

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