State-in-Society 2.0
Toward Fourth-Generation Theories of the State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9678596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuhua Wang (0000-0003-4311-5425, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 175-198 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4159 • E-ISSN: 2151-6227 |
| Publisher | Comparative Politics CUNY (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5129/001041521x16184035797221 |
| OpenAlex | W3159838070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
I characterize modern social scientific studies of the state as comprising three generations: society-centered, state-centered, and the state-in-society approach. I then discuss how recent books by James Scott, David Stasavage, and Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson advance the literature by taking the entire history of human political development into account. Lastly, I build on recent contributions in the field to propose what I call a "State-in-Society 2.0" framework, in which state-society linkages through elite social networks shape the strength and form of the state. The framework provides a potentially promising analytical perspective that sheds new light on the "meso-temporal" dynamics that link broad historical trends in state-society relations with state development outcomes in a variety of cases
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |