Bringing the State Back In
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Bringing the State Back In is an edited volume that argues for reintegrating the state into sociological analysis, challenging perspectives that treated the state as peripheral.
It collects essays by leading scholars, including Charles Tilly, exploring state formation, political repression, and how state institutions shape social relations.
The work emphasizes the importance of historical and comparative methods to understand state power and development.
It is influential in showing states as active agents in organizing violence, extracting resources, and structuring societies.
The book reframed debates about state centrality across political sociology and comparative politics.
It collects essays by leading scholars, including Charles Tilly, exploring state formation, political repression, and how state institutions shape social relations.
The work emphasizes the importance of historical and comparative methods to understand state power and development.
It is influential in showing states as active agents in organizing violence, extracting resources, and structuring societies.
The book reframed debates about state centrality across political sociology and comparative politics.
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