Bob Jessop presents an up-to-date account of his distinctive
approach to the dialectics of structure and strategy in the
exercise of state power. While his earlier work critically surveys
other state theories, this book focuses on the development of his
own strategic-relational approach. It introduces its main sources,
outlines its development, applies this approach to four case
studies, and sketches a strategic-relational research agenda. Thus
the book presents a comprehensive theoretical statement of the
approach and guidelines for its application.
Key features of the book include: an account of the authors
theoretical development; a review of recent developments in state
theory and the cultural turn in political economy; critical
strategic-relational re-readings of major state theorists Marx on
political representation, Gramsci on the spatiality of state power,
Poulantzas on the state as a social relation, and the later
Foucault on statecraft; applications of the strategic-relational
approach to important issues concerning the contemporary state: its
gendered selectivity, the future of the national state, the states
temporal sovereignty, and the relevance of multi-scalar
meta-governance in Europe for the more general future of the state.
The book concludes with recommendations for future
strategic-relational research in political economy and state
theory.
Tabella dei contenuti
List of Abbreviations.
List of Boxes, Figures and Tables.
Acknowledgments.
General Introduction.
What is the State?.
A Preliminary Definition of the State.
‘Putting this Book in its Place’.
PART I: THEORIZING THE STATE.
1. The Development of the Strategic-Relational Approach.
Three Sources of the Strategic-Relational State Approach.
The First Phase in the Strategic-Relational Approach.
The Second Phase of the Strategic-Relational Approach.
The Third Phase of the Strategic-Relational Approach.
Interim Strategic-Relational Conclusions.
2. Bringing the State Back in (Yet Again).
Introduction.
The Marxist Revival and the Strategic-Relational Approach.
Strategic-Relational Tendencies in the Second Wave.
New Directions of Research.
Conclusions.
PART II: SOURCES OF THE STRATEGIC-RELATIONALAPPROACH.
3. Marx on Political Representation and the State.
What does The Eighteenth Brumaire accomplish?.
On Periodization.
The Political Stage.
The Social Content of Politics.
The State Apparatus and Its Trajectory.
More on Political Representation.
Conclusions.
4. Gramsci on the Geography of State Power.
Spatializing the Philosophy of Praxis.
Gramsci and the Southern Question.
Gramsci on Americanism and Fordism.
Gramsci on Territoriality and State Power.
Gramsci and International Relations.
Conclusions.
5. Poulantzas on the State as a Social Relation.
Marxist Theory and Political Strategy.
New Methodological Considerations.
The State and Political Class Struggle.
The Relational Approach and Strategic Selectivity.
Re-Reading Poulantzas.
Exceptional Elements in the Contemporary State.
Periodizing the Class Struggle.
The Spatio-Temporal Matrix of the State.
Conclusions.
6. Foucault on State, State Formation, and Statecraft.
Foucault and the ‘Crisis of Marxism’.
Poulantzas and Foucault compared.
The Analytics of Power versus State Theory.
Foucault as a Genealogist of Statecraft.
With Foucault beyond Foucault.
Conclusions.
PART III APPLYING THE STRATEGIC-RELATIONAL APPROACH.
7. The Gender Selectivities of the State.
Analyzing Gender Selectivities.
Gender Selectivities in the State.
Strategic Selectivity and Strategic Action.
Political Representation.
The Architecture of the State.
Conclusions.
8. Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Temporal Sovereignty.
Globalization Defined.
Globalization and the Spatial Turn.
Some Spatio-Temporal Contradictions of Globalizing Capitalism.
The Implications of Globalization for (National) States.
Conclusions.
9. Multiscalar Metagovernance in the European Union.
State-Centric Perspectives.
Governance-Centric Approaches.
Changes in Statehood in Advanced Capitalist Societies.
The EU as a Schumpeterian Workfare Post-National Regime.
The European Union and Multiscalar Metagovernance.
Conclusions.
10. Complexity, Contingent Necessity, Semiosis, and the SRA.
Complexity and Contingent Necessity.
Complexity and the Selection of Selections.
Semiosis and Complexity Reduction.
Towards a New Strategic-Relational Agenda.
Conclusions.
Original Sources of Chapters.
Bibliography.
Name Index.
Subject Index
Circa l’autore
Bob Jessop is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Altri ebook dello stesso autore / Editore
3.784 Ebook in questa categoria
