Power and the State

MARTIN J. SMITH is Professor of Politics and Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield. He has published widely on British Politics and Public Policy and is currently editor of Political Studies.

• IntroductionPART I: THEORIES OF STATE POWERUnderstanding Power: Traditional ApproachesUnderstanding Power: Radical ApproachesStates and PowerA Framework for Analysing State PowerPART II: MECHANISMS OF STATE POWERThe Development of the State from Modernity to Past-modernityLegitimacy, Authority and BureaucracyForce and TerrorRationality and RegulationSurveillanceRiskStates and the Moral OrderThe Limits of State PowerConclusion.