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PSCI 4103

The Modern State

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

A survey of recent thinking about the state in western societies drawing on perspectives such as those of feminists, Marxists, Weberians, poststructuralists and others. Topics may include: the rise of the modern state, economic governance, the public sphere, citizenship, sovereignty and territoriality.

Topics

Course catalogue

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Readings

  • Supplementary  G. Gill (2003), The Nature and Development of the Modern State literature (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan).
  •  C. Hay, M. Lister and D. Marsh, eds. (2006), The State: Theories and Issues (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan).
  •  B. Jessop (2016), The State: Past, Present, Future (Cambridge: Polity Press).
  •  M. Knuttila and W. Kubik (2000), State Theories: Classical, Global, and Feminist Perspectives, 3rd edition (Halifax: Fernwood).
  •  J. S. Migdal (2001), State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another (Cambridge: Cambridge UP).
  • The Rise of the Modern State (Jan 14, 2020) Required reading  G. Poggi (1990), The State: Its Nature, Development and Prospects (67 pages) (Cambridge: Polity Press), 34-68, 86-105.
  •  C. Tilly (1985), ‘War Making and State Making as Organized Crime’, in P. B.
  • Supplementary  A. Giddens (1985), The Nation-State and Violence (Cambridge: Polity).
  • literature  M. Mann (1993), The Sources of Social Power, Vol. II: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914 (Cambridge: Cambridge UP).
  • Its Nature, Development and Prospects (67 pages) (Cambridge: Polity Press), 34-68, 86-105.

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing or permission of the Department. Seminar three hours a week.

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