{"product_id":"powers-of-theory-capitalism-the-state-and-democracy-paperback-9780521316354","title":"Powers of Theory; Capitalism, the State, and Democracy (Paperback) 9780521316354","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePowers of Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCapitalism, the State, and Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn evaluation of different theories of the nature of the state in capitalist democracies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert R. Alford (Author), Roger Friedland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521316354, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 October 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 3.6 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Alford and Friedland succeed in characterising pluralist, managerial, and class perspectives on state and society under capitalism, in showing how each fails, and in sketching complementarities among them.' Charles Tilly, New School for Social Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eExisting theories of the nature of the state in Western capitalist democracies have been mostly propounded from one of three major theoretical perspectives, each emphasising a particular aspect of the state: the 'pluralist', which emphasises its democratic aspect: the 'managerial', which emphasises its bureaucratic elements: and the 'class', which focuses on its capitalistic aspect. Each of these theoretical perspectives has contributed something to our understanding of the state, but each also has its limitations. In this book, Alford and Friedland evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each perspective and present a new, synthetic framework for a more comprehensive theory of the state. Impartially reviewing the major historical and empirical works within each theoretical tradition, they reveal how empirical study has been shaped by theoretical assumptions. They agree that each perspective has a distinctive 'power' to understand part of the reality of the modern state, although it is powerless to explain other parts. In each case, the part that can be explained is the perspective's 'home domain', or the aspect of the state that it emphasises, while other aspects are either rejected or reinterpreted. The authors argue that the state cannot be adequately understood unless full account is taken of each of these home domains, and they suggest how the contributions of each perspective to the explanation of its own domain can be integrated into a new, and more powerful, theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: State and society in theoretical perspective\u003cbr\u003e 1. Theoretical perspectives as modes of inquiry\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Pluralist Perspective: 2. State and society in pluralist perspective\u003cbr\u003e 3. The democratic state and consensus\u003cbr\u003e 4. The democratic state and participation\u003cbr\u003e 5. The pluralist perspective on the bureaucratic state\u003cbr\u003e 6. The pluralist perspective on the capitalist state\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Managerial Perspective: 7. State and society in managerial perspective\u003cbr\u003e 8. The bureaucratic state and centralisation\u003cbr\u003e 9. The bureaucratic state and fragmentation\u003cbr\u003e 10. The managerial perspective on the capitalist state\u003cbr\u003e 11. The managerial perspective on the democratic state\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Class Perspective: 12. State and society in class perspective\u003cbr\u003e 13. The capitalist state and accumulation\u003cbr\u003e 14. The capitalist state and class struggle\u003cbr\u003e 15. The class perspective on the democratic state\u003cbr\u003e 16. The class perspective on the bureaucratic state\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Theory, Politics, and Contradictions in the State: 17. The powers of theory\u003cbr\u003e 18. The power of politics\u003cbr\u003e 19. 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