Alternative Theories of the State

Presents alternative perspectives on the role and function of the state in contemporary economies. This book establishes the laws and sets of rules by which economic activity takes place, and the state purchases more than one-fifth of the output produced in the national economy.

This book presents alternative perspectives on the role and function of the state in contemporary economies. The state plays many important roles in most developed economies. It establishes the laws and sets of rules by which economic activity takes place, and the state purchases more than one-fifth of the output produced in the national economy. This book examines the role of the state from a number of diverse economic perspectives, including Austrian, feminist, institutionalist, Marxian, radical and Post Keynesian.

Alternative Views of the State
S.Pressman - The Pragmatic State: An Institutionalist Perspective
W.Waller - Karl Polanyi and the Protective Response of the State
J.R.Stanfield &
J.Stanfield - Marxist Theories
of the State
R.Das - A New Neoliberal Social Structure of Accumulation for Sustainable Global Growth and Development
P.A.O'Hara - A Post Keynesian Theory of the State
S.Pressman - A Feminist View of the State
E.Mutari - A Behavioural Theory of the State
M.Altman - Conceptions of the State in Post Communist Political Economy
P.Boettke &
B.Butkewich