Reimagining the State: Theoretical Challenges and Transformative Possibilities (Social Justice)

By: Janet Newman and Davina Cooper and Nikita Dhawan

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Synopsis: This book examines what value, if any, the state has for the pursuit of progressive politics; and how it might need to be reimagined and remade to deliver transformative change. Is it possible to reimagine the state in ways that open up projects of political transformation? This interdisciplinary collection provides alternative perspectives to the ‘antistatism’ of much critical writing and contemporary political movement activism. Contributors explore ways of reimagining the state that attend critically to the capitalist, neoliberal, gendered and racist conditions of contemporary polities, yet seek to hold onto the state in the process. Drawing on postcolonial, poststructuralist, feminist, queer, Marxist and anarchist thinking, they consider how states might be reread and reclaimed for radical politics. At the heart of this book is state plasticity – the capacity of the state conceptually and materially to take different forms. This plasticity is central to transformational thinking and practice, and to the conditions and labour that allow it to take place. But what can reimagining do; and what difficulties does it confront? This book will appeal to academics and research students concerned with critical and transformative approaches to state theory, particularly in governance studies, politics and political theory, socio-legal studies, international relations, geography, gender/sexuality, cultural studies and anthropology.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 278 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781351209090
Related ISBNs:: 9780815382195, 9781351209113, 9780815382157
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/03/23
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Davina Cooper, Nikita Dhawan and Janet Newman
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Davina Cooper
Edited by:: Nikita Dhawan
Edited by:: Janet Newman