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

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