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Going Beyond the State?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

John Bendix,
Bartholomew H. Sparrow,
Bertell Ollman and
Timothy Mitchell
John Bendix
Affiliation:
Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College
Bartholomew H. Sparrow
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Bertell Ollman
Affiliation:
New York University
Timothy Mitchell
Affiliation:
New York University
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Abstract

Timothy Mitchell's article “The Limits of the State” in the March 1991 issue of this Review stimulated an unusual variety of interested comments. John Bendix, Bartholomew Sparrow, and Bertell Ollman offer critiques and suggestions from quite different points of view. In response, Mitchell clarifies further the distinctiveness of his own approach and its implications.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , December 1992, pp. 1007 - 1021
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1992

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