State power and social forces : domination and transformation in the Third World

Preface List of contributors Introduction: developing a state-in-society perspective Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations: 1. The state in society: an approach to struggles for domination Joel S. Migdal Part II. States: Embedded in Society: 2. Traditional politics against state transformation in Brazil Frances Hagopian 3. State power and social organization in China Vivienne Shue 4. Centralization and powerlessness: India's democracy in a comparative perspective Atul Kohli 5. States and ruling classes in postcolonial Africa: the enduring contradictions of power Catherine Boone Part III. Social Forces: Engaged with State Power: 6. Labor divided: sources of state formation in modern China Elizabeth J. Perry 7. Business conflict, collaboration and privilege in interwar Egypt Robert Vitalis 8. A time and a place for the non-state: social change in the Ottoman empire during the 'long nineteenth century' Resat Kasaba 9. Peasant-state relations in postcolonial Africa: patterns of engagement and disengagement Michael Bratton 10. Engaging the state: associational life in sub-Saharan Africa Naomi Chazan Part IV. Conclusion: 11. State power and social forces: on political contention and accommodation in the Third World Atul Kohli and Vivienne Shue Index.