1st Edition

Hybrid Rule and State Formation Public-Private Power in the 21st Century

Edited By Shelley Hurt, Ronnie Lipschutz Copyright 2016
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Neoliberalism has been the reigning ideology of our era. For the past four decades, almost every real-world event of any consequence has been traced to the supposedly omnipresent influence of neoliberalism. Instead, this book argues that states across the world have actually grown in scope and reach. The authors in this volume contest the view that the past three decades have been marked by... Read more

Introduction: Section I: Analytics 1. Bringing Politics Back In. 2. Roving Elites and Sedentary Subjects: The Hybridized Origins of the State. 3. Neoliberal Bureaucracy as an Expression of Hybrid Rule.4. Hybridized Condensations: A Historical-Materialist Approach to two Modes of State Transformation. Section II: Empirics 5. What’s at Stake in the Privatization Debate? Enclosing the Public Domain through Hybrid Rule. 6. Sovereign Wealth Funds and Sovereign Wiles: Varieties of Hybridization. 7. Security Seen and Unseen. 8. World War Infinity: Security through Economy, Economy through Security.9. Recombinant Relations: A Molecular View of Hybridization. Section III: Reflections 10. Hybrid Rule and State Formation: Some Preliminary Thoughts, Arguments and Research Items.

Biography

Shelley L Hurt is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.



Ronnie Lipschutz is Professor of Politics and Provost of College Eight at the University of California, Santa Cruz, California.