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THE CONCEPT OF «POWER» IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. Tacitly or explicitly, political scientists since Machiavelli and before have based their political theories upon the concept of « power ». The modern national state measures its strength in terms of its power, which is essentially military power in the « final analysis ». The theory of the.
Moreover, this interrelation of power and politics has become self-conscious in present-day world politics. The last decades of the 20th century have witnessed a double movement in the practitioners’ understanding of power. On the one hand, the contemporary agenda of international politics has exploded.
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- April 7, 2017
- I. Introduction
- V. Toward a Theory of State Capacity
- VI. Conclusion
Abstract: In reviewing existing definitions and theories of state capacity, we find most to be too teleological, too inductive, and too closely tailored to explaining particular outcomes. We argue that this limits the concept’s applicability arbitrari-ly and impedes theory development. This paper proposes a new conceptualization of state capacity, ...
State capacity has become a major research topic in the social sciences. A large and growing literature now argues that if we wish to explain long-run political changes and enduring differences in economic and political development among countries, we first need to understand how states become able to control their territories, raise revenue, estab...
We have argued that state capacity should be conceptualized as a form of political power. Specifically, we have defined state capacity as the strength of the causal relationship between policy instruments (p) and the intended outcomes of public policies (y). We now introduce the third building block in our analysis: the re-sources that states deplo...
We have argued in this paper that the main weaknesses and inconsistencies in the existing literature on state capacity can be overcome by conceptualizing state ca-pacity as a form of political power, and by developing a theory about the resour-ces and instruments that are required to project such power. By way of conclusion, we propose three areas ...
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The essence of political is the quest for bringing about an order that men consider good. The term politics is derived from the Greek word polis meaning both ‘city’ and ‘state’. Politics among the ancient Greeks was a new way of thinking, * Dr. Manoj Sinha, University of Delhi, Delhi, adapted from Unit 1, EPS-11.
Dec 7, 2022 · State power is the function of national power and internal po wer of the state. e stronger the state is internally , the more national power it can use for its purposes. Internal power of the ...
Three. aspects of this formulation set it apart as a distinctively modern conception of the. state: (i) individuals within society are presented as subjects of the state, owing duties. and their allegiance not to the person of a ruler but to the state itself; (ii) the authority.
Jan 1, 2009 · Pre-copyedited version of a chapter in S. Clegg and M. Haugaard, eds, The SAGE. Handbook of Power, London: SAGE, 367-382. The state and state power are hype rcomplex and changeable phenomena and ...
