Power and the State
In: Political Analysis Ser.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Understanding Power: Traditional Approaches -- The power debate -- Pluralism -- Rational choice theory -- Conclusion -- 2 Understanding Power: Radical Approaches -- The other dimensions of power -- Power: luck or structure? -- Power and structure -- Poststructuralism and the defacing of power -- Conclusion -- 3 The State and Power -- The liberal perspective: pluralism and rational choice -- Rational choice theory and state power -- Elitism and neo-Weberian approaches to state power -- Radical approaches to state power -- Conclusion -- 4 A Framework for Analysing Power and the State -- Power, capacity and agents -- A framework for understanding power -- Conclusion -- 5 The Development of the State from Modernity to Pastmodernity -- The development of the modern and pastmodern state -- From extensive to intensive to fragmented power -- Postmodern delivery -- The partiality of the modern state -- Conclusion -- 6 Legitimacy, Authority and Bureaucracy -- Legitimacy and the liberal state -- The modern state: bureaucracy, authority and force -- The problem of authority -- Nationalism and legitimacy -- Fear, trust and authority -- Conclusion -- 7 Force and Terror -- Force and terror in authoritarian regimes -- From force to terror -- The problem of totalitarianism -- Using force and terror in 'democratic' regimes -- Conclusion -- 8 Rationality and Regulation -- Rational choice ontology and incentives -- Principal-agent theory -- Incentives and public policy -- Regulation and choice -- Conclusion -- 9 Surveillance -- Developing surveillance -- The implications of surveillance -- Conclusion -- 10 Risk -- Understanding the dimensions of risk -- Risk and government -- Analysing risk in politics -- Implicit with risk is a notion of power.