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What are the distinctive features of the post-modern state in the advanced capitalist economies? Analyse.

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  • State in Comparative Perspective

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The idea draws on postmodernism, which Jean-François Lyotard (The Postmodern Condition, 1979) defined as incredulity towards grand narratives of truth and progress. Applied to the state, the classic formulation is the British diplomat Robert Cooper's (The Post-Modern State and the World Order, 1996; The Breaking of Nations, 2003): beside pre-modern (failed) and modern (Westphalian, sovereignty-jealous)…

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