Book contents
- States of Transition
- Reviews
- States of Transition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theorising the State and Transitions
- 3 The Entrepreneurial State
- 4 The Industrial State
- 5 The Military State
- 6 The Democratic State
- 7 The Welfare State
- 8 The Global State
- 9 Reimagining the State
- Notes
- References
- Index
2 - Theorising the State and Transitions
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Book contents
- States of Transition
- Reviews
- States of Transition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theorising the State and Transitions
- 3 The Entrepreneurial State
- 4 The Industrial State
- 5 The Military State
- 6 The Democratic State
- 7 The Welfare State
- 8 The Global State
- 9 Reimagining the State
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores a range of theoretical and conceptual resources for making sense of the state, with an accent on those most relevant to the role of the state in sustainability transitions. It looks at how the state has been addressed to date in literatures on socio-technical transitions, but also how conceptualisations in disciplines as diverse as politics and political theory, political economy and international relations, geography, sociology and development studies can be selectively combined to provide a more multifaceted, historical, global and political account of the state in all its dimensions as they relate to the challenge of sustainability transitions.
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- States of TransitionFrom Governing the Environment to Transforming Society, pp. 25 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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