Reimagining the state: theoretical challenges and transformative possibilities

"This book examines what value if any, the state has for the pursuit of progressive politics; and how it might need to be re-thought or reimagined to deliver transformative change. Is it possible to reimagine the state in ways that open up projects of political transformation? This interdiscipl...

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Weitere Verfasser: Cooper, Davina (HerausgeberIn), Dhawan, Nikita 1972- (HerausgeberIn), Newman, Janet 1945- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:A GlassHouse book
Social justice
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Zusammenfassung:"This book examines what value if any, the state has for the pursuit of progressive politics; and how it might need to be re-thought or reimagined 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"--
Beschreibung:xi, 278 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780815382157
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