Globalization and the State Sociological

Internationally renowned scholars, including Zygmunt Bauman, Saskia Sassen, Loiumlet;c Wacquant and Craig Calhoun, come together in this exciting new collection to debate the 'state of the state' in an age of globalization. The 'crisis' of the nation state has been widely debated, but this collection arguest that so far this debate has failed to understand the complexities of the impact of a globalized world system.

WILLEM SCHINKEL is Assistant Professor of Theoretical Sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has published books and articles in the fields of Theoretical Sociology, the Sociology of Violence and the Sociology of Art.

List of Tables and Figure	p. vii
Notes on the Contributors	p. viii
Dignitas non moritur? The State of the State in an Age of Social Hypochondria	p. 1
Uncertainty and Other Liquid-Modern Fears	p. 23
The State and Globalization: Denationalized Participation and More Executive Powers	p. 36
The Monitoring State and Financial Markets	p. 62
Framing the Sovereignty of the 'Democratic State' Sociologically: Reflections on the Political System, Contemporary Populism and Democracy	p. 83
The Demons of an Open Society	p. 106
Add a Little Europe for Extra National Strength? The Europeanization of Justice and Home Affairs	p. 121
Irregular Migration, Criminality and the State	p. 144
The Transformation of the Welfare State. What is Left of Public Responsibility?	p. 173
The New Missions of the Prison in the Neo-Liberal Age	p. 196
Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism	p. 209
Conclustion: towards a Sociological Theory of the State?	p. 243
Index	p. 250
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Globalization and the State Sociological Perspectives on the State of the State

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