• STATES AND WELFARE STATES - discussion with Paul Spicker about his new book from Policy Press

  • Jan 12 2023
  • Length: 36 mins
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STATES AND WELFARE STATES - discussion with Paul Spicker about his new book from Policy Press

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  • Traditional debates in political science about states and governments have focussed on fairly abstract definitions, usually starting from Max Weber's definition of the state as a “human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.”

    Paul suggests this is clearly inadequate to discussing modern states and in any case is a simplification of what Weber actually said.

    Join us for what was, for me anyway, a fascinating discussion with one of the UK's top public policy academics.

    https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/states-and-welfare-states
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