Name: Political Power and Social Theory By Diane Davis
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Political Power and Social Theory by Diane Davis

The 12th volume in a series of analyses of political power and social theory. It is divided into three parts, which discuss: globalization; labour and the state; and scholarly controversy - civil society and ethnicity.

Editor's introduction (D.E. Davis). Globalization. The transnational capitalist class and global capitalism: the case of the tobacco industry (L. Sklair). The rise of transnational social formations: Mexican and Dominican state responses to transnational migration (L.E. Guarnizo). Labor and the State. The paradoxes of power: the unintended consequences of military rule for Chilean working-class mobilization (J. Stillerman). The discourse of technical competence: strategies of authority and power in industrializing Brazil (B. Weinstein). Drowning in laws but starving (for justice?): Brazilian labor law and the workers' quest to realize the imaginary (J.D. French). Scholarly Controversy: Civil Society and Ethnicity. The politics of civil society and ethnicity: reflections on an African dilemma (M. Mamdani). Comparative reflections on the African dilemma: the interdependent democratization of states and civil societies (J.A. Fox). Post-colonial politics and power (G.W. Seidman). Civil society and the forms of governmental power: extensions to Mamdani's arguments (P. Chatterjee). A rejoinder (M. Mamdani).

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NPB9780762302703

ISBN 13

9780762302703

ISBN 10

0762302704

Title

Political Power and Social Theory by Diane Davis

Author

Diane Davis

Series

Political Power and Social Theory

Condition

New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Emerald Publishing Limited

Year published

1998-10-16

Number of pages

284

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Political Power and Social Theory Diane Davis

Political Power and Social Theory by Diane Davis

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Political Power and Social Theory by Diane Davis

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