edited by Colin Hay, Michael Lister, and David Marsh.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
xviii, 311 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
Political analysis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-295) and indexes.
"Broad-ranging in its coverage, this major new text introduces all the main competing theoretical approaches to the study of the state as well as key contested issues in relation to globalization, new forms of governance, the changing public/private boundary, changes in the powers and capacities of states, and the differences between advanced liberal democratic and other states"--Provided by publisher.