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Impersonal power : history and theory of the Bourgeois State /

The point of departure of Heide Gerstenberger's path-breaking work is a critique of structural-functionalist theory of the state, in both its modernisation theory and materialist variants. Prof. Gerstenberger opposes to these a historical-theoretical explanation that proceeds from the long-term...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerstenberger, Heide
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, ©2007.
Colección:Historical materialism book series ; 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface to the English Edition; Part One The Rise of Bourgeois States: Preconditions for an Explanation; 1. Miracles, for example; 2. States in general, 'bourgeois' states in particular; 3. Examples of explanatory approaches; 4. False conclusions from structural analysis; 5. Pitfalls in historical comparison; 6. Advice on reading; Part Two From Ancien Régime to Bourgeois State: England; 'How then did they do it?'; Chapter One English Feudalism: Appropriation by Land Lordship and Force of Arms under Feudally Generalised Royal Power; Chapter Two The Ancien Régime in England.