The State of State Theory : State Projects, Repression, and Multi-Sites of Power.

Cover -- The State of State Theory -- The State of State Theory -- Contents -- Chapter 1 -- Power and the State -- Introduction -- What Is "the State"? -- Pluralism: The State As Observable Behaviors -- Elitism And Structuralism In The State -- Business Dominance And Elitism In The State -- Capitalist State Structuralism -- State-centered Structuralism -- Class Dialectic Perspective: Bringing Class Back In -- Globalization Theory -- The State As Relations Of Power, Meaning-making, And Discourse -- Poststructuralism -- Queer Theory -- Critical Race Theory And The State -- The State And Challenges From Below -- Chapter 2 -- Breaking the Theoretical Stalemate -- State Projects Of Racial Formation, Gendering, Sexuality, And Class Relations -- State Projects -- Selectivity Filters -- Balance Of Political Forces -- Policy Formation And Implementation -- Intersections Of Race, Class, And Gender And State Policy -- Multi-sites Of Power -- Note -- Chapter 3 -- State Projects and Economic Intervention -- The Aftermath Of The Great Depression: Glass-steagall And Bank Regulation -- The Chrysler Bailout -- Corporate Welfare, Bank Deregulation, And The Savings And Loan Bailout -- Challenging The Balance Of Political Forces: The Community Reinvestment Act -- Predatory Lending, Foreclosures, And The Balance Of Political Forces -- State Projects And The Great Recession Of The Twenty-first Century -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- State Projects and Heteronormativity -- Defining Selectivity Filters -- Defining Heteronormativity -- Heteronormativity, Selectivity Filters, And Multiple Sites Of Power -- Transforming Selectivity Filters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- State Projects and Social Movements -- Racial State Projects And The Definition Of "race" -- Racial Formation State Projects -- Defining Social Movements.

Social Movement Structures, Tactics, And Strategies -- Chapter 6 -- State Projects and the Human Right to Shelter -- The Ideology Of Deregulation And The Balance Of Political Forces -- The Housing Crisis: Intersections Of State Power, Class, And Racism2 -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- State Projects and the Human Right to Food -- A Place At The Banquet Table? Race, Class, Gender, And Food (in)security -- The State, The Human Right To Food, And Food Not Bombs -- The Future Of Food, The Future Of The State -- Chapter 8 -- Intersections of State Projects, Multi-Sites of Power, and the Welfare State -- State Projects Of Economic Intervention -- The Meaning Of "the Welfare State" -- Gendering State Projects And The Welfare State -- Class, Gender, And Racial State Projects And The Welfare State -- New Federalism -- Welfare Reform -- Dismantling The Welfare State? -- Anti-austerity Social Movements -- Intersecting Sites Of Power And State Policy -- Chapter 9 -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- The State Of State Theory: Where Do We Go From Here? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book engages broadly with the tradition of state theory, arguing that contemporary state theory must account for multiple sites of power. The authors build on and expand traditional state theory offering tools to rethink how we analyze the state.

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